oss-security - CVE Request: libsoup 2.32.2 sets ssl trusted flag despite no verification

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Message-ID: <4F967AA8.4040202@suse.de>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:04:24 +0200
From: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@...e.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: Vincent Untz <vuntz@...e.com>
Subject: CVE Request: libsoup 2.32.2 sets ssl trusted flag despite no verification

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

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