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CVE-2012-5356

Published: Oct 10, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

ubuntu-gpg-sec-bypass(78990)

vdb-entry

x_refsource_XF

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1016643

x_refsource_MISC

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