CVE-2013-0240

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    CVE-2013-0240

    Published: 2 Apr 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Gnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.4.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.5, does not properly validate SSL certificates when creating accounts such as Windows Live and Facebook accounts, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials by sniffing the network.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/51976, http://secunia.com/advisories/52791, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693214, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894352, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00046.html, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1779-1, https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?h=gnome-3-6&id=ecad8142e9ac519b9fc74b96dcb5531052bbffe1, https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?id=bc10fdb68f75f8be84eb698ada08743b9c7c248f, https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?id=edde7c63326242a60a075341d3fea0be0bc4d80e, https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00007.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High