Executive Summary

Summary
Title Aptdaemon vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-1414-1 First vendor Publication 2012-04-02
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2012-04-02
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04

Summary:

An attacker could trick Aptdaemon into installing altered packages.

Software Description: - aptdaemon: transaction based package management service

Details:

It was discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly handled installing packages without performing a transaction simulation. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to install altered packages.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
python-aptdaemon 0.43+bzr697-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 11.04:
python-aptdaemon 0.41+bzr661-0ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1414-1
CVE-2012-0944

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/0.43+bzr697-0ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/0.41+bzr661-0ubuntu0.2

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1414-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-287 Improper Authentication

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17971
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17971
Title: USN-1414-1 -- aptdaemon vulnerability
Description: An attacker could trick Aptdaemon into installing altered packages.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1414-1
CVE-2012-0944
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04
 Product(s): aptdaemon
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 8
Os 3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-04-05 Name : Ubuntu Update for aptdaemon USN-1414-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1414_1.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-04-03 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1414-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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