USN-1547-1: libGData, evolution-data-server vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 11.10
• Ubuntu 11.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• evolution-data-server - Evolution suite data server
• libgdata - Library to access GData services

Details

Vreixo Formoso discovered that the libGData library, as used
by Evolution and other applications, did not properly verify SSL
certificates. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a man
in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter data
transmitted via the GData protocol.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10

• libgdata13 - 0.9.1-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 11.04

• libgdata11 - 0.8.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• libgdata1.2-1 - 2.28.3.1-0ubuntu6.1
• libgdata-google1.2-1 - 2.28.3.1-0ubuntu6.1
• libgdata6 - 0.5.2-0ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2012-1177