CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-0944

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2012-06-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-06-04
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• sebastian heinlein aptdaemon (<= 0.42) • sebastian heinlein aptdaemon 0.20 • sebastian heinlein aptdaemon 0.30 • sebastian heinlein aptdaemon 0.31 • sebastian heinlein aptdaemon 0.32 • sebastian heinlein aptdaemon 0.33 • sebastian heinlein aptdaemon 0.34 • sebastian heinlein aptdaemon 0.40 • sebastian heinlein aptdaemon 0.41 • canonical ubuntu linux 11.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 11.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References