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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 14, 2014· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-4407

CVE-2011-4407

Description

ppa.py in Software Properties before 0.81.13.3 does not validate the server certificate when downloading PPA GPG key fingerprints, which allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) attackers to spoof GPG keys for a package repository.

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Affected products

6
  • Canonical/Software Properties
    cpe:2.3:a:canonical:software-properties:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=0.81.13.1
  • Canonical/Ubuntu Linux4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Ubuntu/Software Propertiesllm-fuzzy
    Range: <0.81.13.3

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