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CVE-2012-1177

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Description

libgdata before 0.10.2 and 0.11.x before 0.11.1 does not validate SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to obtain user names and passwords via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack with a spoofed certificate.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-1206

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752088

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671535

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgdata/+bug/938812

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1547-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/8

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/1

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:111

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2482

http://secunia.com/advisories/50432

http://git.gnome.org/browse/libgdata/commit/?id=6799f2c525a584dc998821a6ce897e463dad7840

http://git.gnome.org/browse/libgdata/commit/?h=libgdata-0-10&id=8eff8fa9138859e03e58c2aa76600ab63eb5c29c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-08-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01904

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