[USN-5055-1] GNOME grilo vulnerability
Leonidas S. Barbosa
leo.barbosa at canonical.com
Mon Aug 30 13:29:30 UTC 2021
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5055-1
August 30, 2021
grilo vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
Summary:
grilo could be made to allow MITM attacks.
Software Description:
- grilo: Framework for discovering and browsing media - GObject introspect
Details:
Michael Catanzaro discovered that grilo incorrectly handled certain TLS
certificate verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
MITM attacks.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 21.04:
libgrilo-0.3-0 0.3.13-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
libgrilo-0.3-0 0.3.12-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libgrilo-0.3-0 0.3.4-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
libgrilo-0.2-1 0.2.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5055-1
CVE-2021-39365
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grilo/0.3.13-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grilo/0.3.12-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grilo/0.3.4-1ubuntu0.1
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