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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2012.0513
libgdata security update
4 June 2012
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: libgdata
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 6
Linux variants
Impact/Access: Provide Misleading Information -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2012-2653
Original Bulletin:
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2482
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running libgdata check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
It appears that this vulnerability is referred to as CVE-2012-1177 by
other Linux distributions.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2482-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Yves-Alexis Perez
June 2, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libgdata
Vulnerability : insufficient certificate validation
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2012-2653
Debian Bug : 664032
Vreixo Formoso discovered that libgdata, a library used to access various
Google services, wasn't validating certificates against trusted system
root CAs when using an https connection.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.6.4-2+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.10.2-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.10.2-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libgdata packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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