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CVE-2012-5356

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
10/10/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.75.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.75.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.75.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.75.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.75.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.75.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.75.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.75.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.75.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.80.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.80.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.80.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.80.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_software_properties:0.80.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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