glsa-202007-50.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202007-50">
  <title>GLib Networking: Improper certificate validation</title>
  <synopsis>GLib Networking was not properly verifying TLS certificates in all
    circumstances, possibly allowing an integrity/confidentiality compromise.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">glib-networking</product>
  <announced>2020-07-27</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-07-27</revised>
  <bug>725880</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-libs/glib-networking" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.62.4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.62.4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Network-related giomodules for glib</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>GTlsClientConnection skips hostname verification of the server’s TLS
      certificate if the application fails to specify the expected server
      identity.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>There may be a breach of integrity or confidentiality in connections
      made using GLib Networking.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All GLib Networking users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/glib-networking-2.62.4"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13645">CVE-2020-13645</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-07-26T05:58:10Z">sam_c</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-07-27T01:34:12Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>