Auth bypass in Sebastian Heinlein Aptdaemon
CVE-2012-0944
Aptdaemon 0.43 and earlier in Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, and 12.04 LTS does not authenticate packages when the transaction is not simulated, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary packages via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (67.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sebastian Heinlein Aptdaemon — versions 0.20, 0.30, 0.31
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 11.04, 11.10, 12.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/52855 (vdb-entry)
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/959131
- www.osvdb.org/80887 (vdb-entry)
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1414-1 (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74553 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/48688 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)