Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2013-1799
CVE-2013-1799
Description
Gnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.6.x before 3.6.3 and 3.7.x before 3.7.91, does not properly validate SSL certificates when creating accounts for providers who use the libsoup library, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials by sniffing the network. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0240.
Affected products
11cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_online_accounts:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_online_accounts:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_online_accounts:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_online_accounts:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_online_accounts:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_online_accounts:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_online_accounts:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_online_accounts:3.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_online_accounts:3.7.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- secunia.com/advisories/51976nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/52791nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00046.htmlnvd
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1779-1nvd
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cginvd
- git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/nvd
- mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00007.htmlnvd
- mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00020.htmlnvd
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