Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Software Properties vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-1588-1 | First vendor Publication | 2012-10-01 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2012-10-01 |
| 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:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 4.9 | 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 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Software Properties could be tricked into installing arbitrary PPA GPG keys. Software Description: - software-properties: manage the repositories that you install software from Details: It was discovered that the apt-add-repository tool incorrectly validated PPA GPG keys when importing from a keyserver. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to install altered package repository GPG keys. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Ubuntu 11.10: Ubuntu 11.04: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1588-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-10-03 | Name : Ubuntu Update for software-properties USN-1588-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1588_1.nasl |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-10-02 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-1588-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:00:48 |
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