CVE-2012-0962 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2012-12-26

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sebastian_heinlein:aptdaemon:0.43:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:-:lts:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-0985	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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-1666-1	Aptdaemon vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00435.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/51627
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56959
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027891
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1666-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/%2Bbug/1052789

History

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Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Sebastian Heinlein Aptdaemon

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2012-12-26T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:58:01.091Z

Reserved: 2012-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0962

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-12-26T22:55:02.893

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-0962

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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