5.9

CVE-2021-39359: fedoraproject fedora Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS: 5.9v3.1MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2022-0005SUSE-SU-2022:3016-1UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39359
Published 22-08-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-39359 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In GNOME libgda through 6.0.0, gda-web-provider.c does not enable TLS certificate verification on the SoupSessionSync objects it creates, leaving users vulnerable to network MITM attacks. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2016-20011.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.10% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse10 products
  • libgda&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL< 5.2.4-9.3.1
  • libgda&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL< 5.2.4-9.3.1
  • libgda&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS< 5.2.4-9.3.1
  • libgda&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5< 5.2.4-9.3.1
  • libgda&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4< 5.2.4-9.3.1
Debian1 product
  • libgda5All versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.2.10-5
Fedoraproject1 product
Gnome1 product
Mageia1 product
  • libgda5.0< 5.2.9-3.1.mga8
Ubuntu1 product
  • libgda5All versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 15 products

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