CVE-2021-39359

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-39359
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-08-22T19:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-03-31T19:45:27
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-295 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libgda:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 6.0.0
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgda/-/issues/249 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2021/05/25/reminder-soupsessionsync-and-soupsessionasync-default-to-no-tls-certificate-verification/ Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRPPP47WRCAPAEJGRMEKYYJZBQCYXTLQ/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLMVVIJNY5NMOT3FH36RFBWOTPVW7GME/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39359
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-39359
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-04-04 00:39:20 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 08:40:48 2021-08-22T19:15Z 2021-08-22T19:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 08:40:48 2022-03-31T19:45:27 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 08:40:48 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated