CVE-2011-4407: Input Validation
First published: Wed May 14 2014(Updated: )
ppa.py in Software Properties before 0.81.13.3 does not validate the server certificate when downloading PPA GPG key fingerprints, which allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) attackers to spoof GPG keys for a package repository.
Credit: security@ubuntu.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =10.10 | |
| Canonical Software-properties | <=0.81.13.1 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =11.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =11.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =10.04 |
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- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/10.10
- canonical/canonical software-properties
- version/canonical software-properties/0.81.13.1
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/11.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/11.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/10.04