Ubuntu Security Notice 1547-1 - Vreixo Formoso discovered that the libGData library, as used by Evolution and other applications, did not properly verify SSL certificates. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter data transmitted via the GData protocol.
a4ab1606db51fda6b3872f4eb812e94c816f2b0d3a0230277fcb0126b714fb2aGentoo Linux Security Advisory 201208-6 - A vulnerability in libgdata could allow remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks. Versions less than 0.8.1-r2 are affected.
6c9550b2609f2f265e43e99e0791a7773adfb69954890e5f2e3a22021e0ab085Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-111 - It was found that previously libgdata, a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using the GData protocol, did not perform SSL certificates validation even for secured connections. An application, linked against the libgdata library and holding the trust about the other side of the connection being the valid owner of the certificate, could be tricked into accepting of a spoofed SSL certificate by mistake. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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