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

[Vincent Danen <vdanen () redhat com>]

* [2012-05-02 10:20:24 +0200] Ludwig Nussel wrote:

> Vincent Danen wrote:
> > * [2012-04-24 12:04:24 +0200] Ludwig Nussel wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> >
> > Are you sure it's just this specific version of libsoup?  Looking at the
> > code of earlier versions (such as 2.2.98), the patch noted in your bug
> > would apply (unless there is some other context around it that would
> > make this a non-issue?).  Did you look at other versions at all?
>
> No, we actually didn't.

At least 2.34 is vulnerable as well.  Older versions, at least 2.28,
don't have the vulnerable feature (so it broke somewhere between 2.28
and 2.32.2, likely when the feature was added).

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Vincent Danen / Red Hat Security Response Team