CVE-2012-0962

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

Aptdaemon 0.43 in Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 LTS uses short IDs when importing PPA GPG keys from a keyserver, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary package repository GPG keys via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

Aptdaemon 0.43 in Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 LTS uses short IDs when importing PPA GPG keys from a keyserver, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary package repository GPG keys via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 12 years ago

2012-12-26 22:55:00

Last updated 12 years ago

2012-12-27 18:42:00

Affected Software

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

12.04

References

51627

Vendor Advisory

56959

1027891

Patch

USN-1666-1

Patch

https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/%2Bbug/1052789

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