Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 27, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2011-3152
CVE-2011-3152
Description
DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeFetcherCore.py in Update Manager before 1:0.87.31.1, 1:0.134.x before 1:0.134.11.1, 1:0.142.x before 1:0.142.23.1, 1:0.150.x before 1:0.150.5.1, and 1:0.152.x before 1:0.152.25.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 through 11.10 does not verify the GPG signature before extracting an upgrade tarball, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to (1) create or overwrite arbitrary files via a directory traversal attack using a crafted tar file, or (2) bypass authentication via a crafted meta-release file.
Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:canonical:update-manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:update-manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1\:0.87.24
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:update-manager:1\:0.134.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:update-manager:1\:0.142.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:update-manager:1\:0.150:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:update-manager:1\:0.152.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
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