--- title: "CVE-2012-0954\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0954?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-0954 Publication date 15 June 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Critical** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description APT 0.7.x before 0.7.25 and 0.8.x before 0.8.16, when using the apt-key net-update to import keyrings, relies on GnuPG argument order and does not check GPG subkeys, which might allow remote attackers to install altered packages via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3587. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0954?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | apt | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.2 | | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.5 | | 11.04 natty | Fixed 0.8.13.2ubuntu4.6 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.13 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.7.9ubuntu17.6 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand) exploit in the wild --- ### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie) Ubuntu specific, net-update not enabled in debian. ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0954) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0954) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-0954) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0954) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-1477-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1477-1) + APT vulnerability + 15 June 2012 ### Other references * * * *