VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-3587
APT 0.7.x before 0.7.25 and 0.8.x before 0.8.16, when using the apt-key net-update to import keyrings, relies on GnuPG argument order and does not check GPG subkeys, which might allow remote attackers to install Trojan horse packages via a…
LOW 2.6EPSS 1.70%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.70%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
APT 0.7.x before 0.7.25 and 0.8.x before 0.8.16, when using the apt-key net-update to import keyrings, relies on GnuPG argument order and does not check GPG subkeys, which might allow remote attackers to install Trojan horse packages via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.70% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- debian/advanced package tool
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jun/267
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1475-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1477-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1013128
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jun/267
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1475-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1477-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1013128
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.