Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1547-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Vreixo Formoso discovered that the libGData library, as used by Evolution and other applications, did not properly verify SSL certificates. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter data transmitted via the GData protocol.
Affected
libgdata on Ubuntu 11.10 ,
Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2012-1177 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Related Vulnerabilities