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USN-1779-1: GNOME Online Accounts vulnerability

25 March 2013

GNOME Online Accounts could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

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Packages

Details

It was discovered that GNOME Online Accounts did not properly check SSL
certificates when configuring online accounts. If a remote attacker were
able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to
alter or compromise credentials and confidential information.

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Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines.

Learn more about Ubuntu Pro

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10

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