USN-1547-1: libGData, evolution-data-server vulnerability
28 August 2012
Applications using GData services could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Releases
Packages
- evolution-data-server - Evolution suite data server
- libgdata - Library to access GData services
Details
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.04
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libgdata1.2-1
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2.28.3.1-0ubuntu6.1
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libgdata-google1.2-1
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2.28.3.1-0ubuntu6.1
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libgdata6
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0.5.2-0ubuntu1.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.