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CVE-2012-0962
Aptdaemon 0.43 in Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 LTS uses short IDs when importing PPA GPG keys from a keyserver, which allows remote attackers to…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.8%
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Description
Aptdaemon 0.43 in Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 LTS uses short IDs when importing PPA GPG keys from a keyserver, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary package repository GPG keys via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 51627 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/%2Bbug/1052789 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1666-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1027891 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 56959 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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