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HistoryJan 31, 2012 - 12:00 a.m.

Software Properties vulnerability

2012-01-3100:00:00
ubuntu.com
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CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

32.1%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 11.10
  • Ubuntu 11.04
  • Ubuntu 10.10
  • Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

  • software-properties - manage the repositories that you install software from

Details

David Black discovered that Software Properties incorrectly validated
server certificates when performing secure connections to download PPA GPG
key fingerprints. If a remote attacker were able to perform a
machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to install altered
package repository GPG keys.

CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

32.1%