PT-2014-2171
CVE-2011-4407
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Published
2014-05-14
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Updated
2014-05-14
Description by
CVSS 2.0
4.3
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Software Properties versions prior to 0.81.13.3
Description
The issue concerns the failure to validate the server certificate when downloading PPA GPG key fingerprints. This allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) attackers to spoof GPG keys for a package repository.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 0.81.13.3, update to version 0.81.13.3 or later to resolve the issue.
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