PT-2012-4830 · Debian · Apt

Georgi Guninski · Published 2012-06-19 · Updated 2020-01-08 · CVE-2012-3587

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions APT versions 0.7.x through 0.7.24 APT versions 0.8.x through 0.8.15

Description The issue allows remote attackers to install Trojan horse packages via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack, due to reliance on GnuPG argument order and lack of checks for GPG subkeys when using the apt-key net-update to import keyrings.

Recommendations For APT versions 0.7.x through 0.7.24, update to version 0.7.25 or later. For APT versions 0.8.x through 0.8.15, update to version 0.8.16 or later.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3587

Affected Products

Apt

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3587 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1477-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3587 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1475-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3587 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3587 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1013128 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jun/267 · Note