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Unscored CVE-2016-20011 EUVD-2016-3099GHSA-x2mc-pw6q-5pv7

libgrss through 0.7.0 fails to perform TLS certificate verification when downloading feeds, allowing remote attackers to manipulate the con…

Published May 25, 2021 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

libgrss through 0.7.0 fails to perform TLS certificate verification when downloading feeds, allowing remote attackers to manipulate the contents of feeds without detection. This occurs because of the default behavior of SoupSessionSync.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 12 libgrss No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libgrss No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libgrss No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libgrss No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libgrss No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libgrss No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.16 libgrss 0.7.0-r1 —
Alpine v3.15 libgrss 0.7.0-r1 —
Alpine v3.14 libgrss 0.7.0-r1 —
Alpine v3.13 libgrss 0.7.0-r1 —

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