Bug#993592: libgda5: CVE-2021-39359

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libgda5
Version: 5.2.9-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgda/-/issues/249
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libgda5.

CVE-2021-39359[0]:
| 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.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-39359
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-39359
[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgda/-/issues/249

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore