CVE-2012-0955
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-0955 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2020-12-02 01:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2020-12-08 02:12:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-295
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Canonical | Software-properties | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Canonical | Software-properties | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bug #1036839 “Quantal software-properties incorrectly validating...” : Bugs : software-properties package : Ubuntu | UBUNTU | launchpad.net | Exploit, Vendor Advisory |
| Merge into main : lp1036839 : Code : Software Properties | UBUNTU | code.launchpad.net | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
Discovery Credit
LEGACY: Marc Deslauriers
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.