CVE-2015-1330

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
01/07/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:unattended-upgrades:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.86 (including)