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CVE-2013-0240 Detail

Description

Gnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.4.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.5, does not properly validate SSL certificates when creating accounts such as Windows Live and Facebook accounts, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials by sniffing the network.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Evaluator Impact

Per http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1779-1/ "A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 11.10"

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00046.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/51976 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/52791 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1779-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693214 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894352 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?h=gnome-3-6&id=ecad8142e9ac519b9fc74b96dcb5531052bbffe1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?id=bc10fdb68f75f8be84eb698ada08743b9c7c248f CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-online-accounts/commit/?id=edde7c63326242a60a075341d3fea0be0bc4d80e CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2013-March/msg00007.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-0240
NVD Published Date:
04/01/2013
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.