USN-1352-1: Software Properties vulnerability

31 January 2012

Software Properties could be tricked into installing arbitrary PPA GPG keys.

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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.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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