CVE-2012-5356
The apt-add-repository tool in Ubuntu Software Properties 0.75.x before 0.75.10.3, 0.80.x before 0.80.9.2, 0.81.x before 0.81.13.5, 0.82.x before 0.82.7.3, and 0.92.x before 0.92.8 does not properly check PPA GPG keys imported from a keyserver, which…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.97%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The apt-add-repository tool in Ubuntu Software Properties 0.75.x before 0.75.10.3, 0.80.x before 0.80.9.2, 0.81.x before 0.81.13.5, 0.82.x before 0.82.7.3, and 0.92.x before 0.92.8 does not properly check PPA GPG keys imported from a keyserver, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary package repository GPG keys via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.97% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu software properties
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55736
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1588-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1016643
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78990
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55736
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1588-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1016643
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78990
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.