USN-5055-1: GNOME grilo vulnerability

Publication date

30 August 2021

Overview

grilo could be made to allow MITM attacks.


Packages

  • grilo - Framework for discovering and browsing media - GObject introspect

Details

Michael Catanzaro discovered that grilo incorrectly handled certain TLS
certificate verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
MITM attacks.

Michael Catanzaro discovered that grilo incorrectly handled certain TLS
certificate verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
MITM attacks.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
21.04 hirsute libgrilo-0.3-0 –  0.3.13-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal libgrilo-0.3-0 –  0.3.12-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic libgrilo-0.3-0 –  0.3.4-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial libgrilo-0.2-1 –  0.2.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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