USN-4405-1: GLib Networking vulnerability
glib-networking vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive
information to be exposed when accessing the Internet.
Software Description
- glib-networking – Network extensions for GLib
Details
It was discovered that glib-networking skipped hostname certificate
verification if the application failed to specify the server
identity. A remote attacker could use this to perform a
person-in-the-middle attack and expose sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- glib-networking – 2.64.2-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 19.10
- glib-networking – 2.62.1-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- glib-networking – 2.56.0-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- glib-networking – 2.48.2-1~ubuntu16.04.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-4405-1: GLib Networking vulnerability
