Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-39358
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the gfbgraph package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In GNOME libgfbgraph through 0.2.4, gfbgraph-photo.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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | gfbgraph | 0.2.4-1.el8 | ALSA-2022:1801 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | gfbgraph | 0:0.2.4-1.el8 | RLSA-2022:1801 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gfbgraph | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39358 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgfbgraph/-/issues/17 x_refsource_MISC
- https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2021/05/25/reminder-soupsessionsync-and-soupsessionasync-default-to-no-tls-certificate-verification/ x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2021-7cccd2784c vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-9c737bb848 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-743a0aafa0 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA