CVE-2012-0962
N/A
Published: December 26, 2012 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxAptdaemon
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/51627VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027891x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/%2Bbug/1052789Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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