CVE-2011-4407

medium

Description

ppa.py in Software Properties before 0.81.13.3 does not validate the server certificate when downloading PPA GPG key fingerprints, which allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) attackers to spoof GPG keys for a package repository.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/software-properties/%2Bbug/915210

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1352-1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-05-14

Updated: 2014-05-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N