CVE-2012-0962

Publication date 17 December 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
aptdaemon 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu7
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 0.43+bzr697-0ubuntu1.3
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

quantal and higher use add_key_from_keyserver() in python-apt which does use long gpg keyids lucid doesn’t use apt-key

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1666-1
    • Aptdaemon vulnerability
    • 17 December 2012

Other references