Vulnerability CVE-2012-0962
Published: 2012-12-26   Modified: 2012-12-27

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.

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:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1666-1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027891
https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/%2Bbug/1052789
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56959
http://secunia.com/advisories/51627
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