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Re: CVE Request: libsoup 2.32.2 sets ssl trusted flag despite no verification


From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried () redhat com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:21:34 -0600

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On 04/24/2012 04:04 AM, Ludwig Nussel wrote:
Hi,

libsoup 2.32.2 does not verify certificates at all if an
application does not explicitly specify a file with trusted root
CA's. Since that libsoup version relies on the verification failure
to clear the trust flag it always considers ssl connections as
trusted in that case.

Reference: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758431

cu Ludwig


Please use CVE-2012-2132 for this issue.

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Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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