Description
It was discovered that shotwell did not validate TLS certificates when publishing photos to online service. A man-in-the-middle attacker could intercept requests and provide crafted responses, obtaining users' photos and potentially sensitive data.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Additional information
- Bugzilla 1291361: shotwell: TLS certificates are not validated when publishing photos to external services
- CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
- FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2016-1000033
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
Important note
CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Red Hat | NVD | |
|---|---|---|
CVSS v3 Base Score | 3.1 | 3.7 |
Attack Vector | Network | Network |
Attack Complexity | High | High |
Privileges Required | None | None |
User Interaction | Required | None |
Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
Confidentiality Impact | Low | Low |
Integrity Impact | None | None |
Availability Impact | None | None |
CVSS v3 Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Red Hat | NVD | |
|---|---|---|
CVSS v2 Base Score | 2.6 | 4.3 |
Attack Vector | Network | Network |
Access Complexity | High | Medium |
Authentication | None | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial | Partial |
Integrity Impact | None | None |
Availability Impact | None | None |
CVSS v2 Vector
Red Hat: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity,Authentication
Technical Impact:Bypass Protection Mechanism; Gain Privileges or Assume Identity
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