Description
unattended-upgrades before 0.86.1 does not properly authenticate packages when the (1) force-confold or (2) force-confnew dpkg options are enabled in the DPkg::Options::* apt configuration, which allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to upload and execute arbitrary packages via unspecified vectors.
Published: 2015-07-01
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-265-1 unattended-upgrades security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3297-1 unattended-upgrades security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-1470 unattended-upgrades before 0.86.1 does not properly authenticate packages when the (1) force-confold or (2) force-confnew dpkg options are enabled in the DPkg::Options::* apt configuration, which allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to upload and execute arbitrary packages via unspecified vectors.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2657-1 unattended-upgrades vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Unattended-upgrades
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:40:18.413Z

Reserved: 2015-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1330

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-07-01T14:59:04.360

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-1330

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