UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39358

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39358

    Published: 22 Aug 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-39358

    Summary:

    Details: In GNOME libgfbgraph through 0.2.4, gfbgraph-photo.c does not enable TLS certificate verification on the SoupSessionSync objects it creates, leaving users vulnerable to network MITM attacks. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2016-20011.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-39358, https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2021/05/25/reminder-soupsessionsync-and-soupsessionasync-default-to-no-tls-certificate-verification/, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgfbgraph/-/issues/17, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39358

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gfbgraph

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.2.3-1

    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
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