CVE-2015-1330
First published: Wed Jul 01 2015(Updated: )
unattended-upgrades before 0.86.1 does not properly authenticate packages when the (1) force-confold or (2) force-confnew dpkg options are enabled in the DPkg::Options::* apt configuration, which allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to upload and execute arbitrary packages via unspecified vectors.
Credit: security@ubuntu.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =15.04 | |
| Debian Unattended-upgrades | <=0.86 |
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- agent/references
- agent/description
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
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- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/12.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/14.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/14.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/15.04
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian unattended-upgrades
- version/debian unattended-upgrades/0.86