Vulnerability CVE-2012-0944
Published: 2012-06-04   Modified: 2012-06-05

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.

Type:

CWE-287

 (Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Sebastian heinlein -> Aptdaemon 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/aptdaemon/%2Bbug/959131
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74553
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52855
http://www.osvdb.org/80887
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1414-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/48688
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