Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 26, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-0962
CVE-2012-0962
Description
Aptdaemon 0.43 in Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 LTS uses short IDs when importing PPA GPG keys from a keyserver, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary package repository GPG keys via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:sebastian_heinlein:aptdaemon:0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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