Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-39365
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the grilo package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In GNOME grilo though 0.3.13, grl-net-wc.c does not enable TLS certificate verification on the SoupSessionAsync 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 | grilo | 0.3.6-3.el8 | ALSA-2021:4339 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | grilo-devel | 0.3.6-3.el8 | ALSA-2021:4339 |
| Debian:12 | grilo | 0.3.13-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39365 |
| Debian:13 | grilo | 0.3.13-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39365 |
| Debian:14 | grilo | 0.3.13-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39365 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | grilo | 0:0.3.6-3.el8 | RLSA-2021:4339 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | grilo | 0.3.13-1.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39365 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2021/05/25/reminder-soupsessionsync-and-soupsessionasync-default-to-no-tls-certificate-verification/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/grilo/-/issues/146 x_refsource_MISC
- DSA-4964 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210921 [SECURITY] [DLA 2762-1] grilo security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST