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Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : aptdaemon vulnerability (USN-1666-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63286

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly validated PPA GPG keys when importing from a keyserver. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to install altered package repository GPG keys.

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Solution

Update the affected aptdaemon package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1666-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63286

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1666-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/18/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aptdaemon, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0962

USN: 1666-1