Bug 809719 (CVE-2021-39359)

Summary:	gnome-extra/libgda: improper TLS verification (CVE-2021-39359)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Sam James <sam>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	IN_PROGRESS ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	gnome
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	B3 [upstream]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	792267

Description Sam James archtester

2021-08-23 00:26:37 UTC

CVE-2021-39359 (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgda/-/issues/249):

In GNOME libgda through 6.0.0, gda-web-provider.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.