Vulnerability in Sebastian Heinlein Aptdaemon
CVE-2012-0962
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 · 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: 0.018 (77.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sebastian Heinlein Aptdaemon — versions 0.43
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 11.10, 12.04
References
- secunia.com/advisories/51627 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/+bug/1052789
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1666-1 (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/56959 (vdb-entry)