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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.69%). 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
- 1.69% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- debian/advanced package tool
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.