CVE-2012-0962

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0962
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-12-26 22:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionAptdaemon 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Application Sebastian Heinlein Aptdaemon 0.43 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Aptdaemon Certification Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Install PPA GPG Keys - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Patch
Ubuntu Aptdaemon PPA GPG Key Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-1666-1: Aptdaemon vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Patch
Security Advisory SA51627 - Ubuntu update for aptdaemon - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug #1052789 “Need to send long keyids to software-center to pre...” : Bugs : Software Center Agent af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
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