PT-2021-22565 · Gnome+2 · Gnome Libgda+2

Michael Catanzaro · Published 2021-08-22 · Updated 2023-11-07 · CVE-2021-39359

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GNOME libgda versions prior to 6.0.1

Description: The issue is related to the failure to enable TLS certificate verification on the SoupSessionSync objects created in gda-web-provider.c, making users susceptible to network man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 6.0.1, update to version 6.0.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-39359

MGASA-2022-0005

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11803-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3016-1

SUSE-SU-2022_3016-1

Affected Products

Debian

Gnome Libgda

Suse

References · 23

• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/HRPPP47WRCAPAEJGRMEKYYJZBQCYXTLQ · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRPPP47WRCAPAEJGRMEKYYJZBQCYXTLQ · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-39359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39359 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-39359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgda/-/issues/249 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-39359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:3016-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLMVVIJNY5NMOT3FH36RFBWOTPVW7GME · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0005.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2022-0005 · Vendor Advisory
• https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2021/05/25/reminder-soupsessionsync-and-soupsessionasync-default-to-no-tls-certificate-verification · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39359 · Security Note