VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-3634
methods/https.cc in apt before 0.8.11 accepts connections when the certificate host name fails validation and Verify-Host is enabled, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain repository credentials via unspecified vectors.
LOW 2.6EPSS 0.80%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
methods/https.cc in apt before 0.8.11 accepts connections when the certificate host name fails validation and Verify-Host is enabled, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain repository credentials via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.80% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- debian/advanced package tool · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-3634.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1283-1
- https://alioth.debian.org/plugins/scmgit/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=apt/apt.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=debian/changelog%3Bhb=HEAD
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/868353
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-3634.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1283-1
- https://alioth.debian.org/plugins/scmgit/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=apt/apt.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=debian/changelog%3Bhb=HEAD
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/868353
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.