National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0944

Overview

Aptdaemon 0.43 and earlier in Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, and 12.04 LTS does not authenticate packages when the transaction is not simulated, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary packages via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/aptdaemon/%2Bbug/959131

Hyperlink:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/aptdaemon/%2Bbug/959131

External Source: XF

Name: aptdaemon-transaction-security-bypass(74553)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74553

External Source: BID

Name: 52855

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52855

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 80887

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/80887

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1414-1

Hyperlink:http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1414-1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48688

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48688