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CVE-2022-39358:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2021-39358 is a security vulnerability affecting GNOME libgfbgraph through version 0.2.4. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in 2021, impacting the GLib/GObject wrapper for the Facebook Graph API that integrates with GNOME Online Accounts (CVE Details).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the gfbgraph-photo.c file where TLS certificate verification is not enabled on the SoupSessionSync objects it creates. This is similar to CVE-2016-20011 and has been rated as having a Moderate security impact by Red Hat Product Security (Red Hat Advisory).
Impact
The absence of TLS certificate verification makes users vulnerable to network Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks, potentially compromising the security of communications between the application and Facebook's Graph API (CVE Details).
Mitigation and workarounds
Red Hat has released an update for gfbgraph (version 0.2.4-1.el8) to address this vulnerability. The fix is available for various Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions including 8.6 and 8.8, across different architectures (x86_64 and ppc64le) (Red Hat Advisory).
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