Description
software-properties was vulnerable to a person-in-the-middle attack due to incorrect TLS certificate validation in softwareproperties/ppa.py. software-properties didn't check TLS certificates under python2 and only checked certificates under python3 if a valid certificate bundle was provided. Fixed in software-properties version 0.92.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2012-0978 | software-properties was vulnerable to a person-in-the-middle attack due to incorrect TLS certificate validation in softwareproperties/ppa.py. software-properties didn't check TLS certificates under python2 and only checked certificates under python3 if a valid certificate bundle was provided. Fixed in software-properties version 0.92. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-16T17:14:04.258Z
Reserved: 2012-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2012-0955
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-12-02T01:15:11.797
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:36:02.523
Link: CVE-2012-0955
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD