CVE-2012-0955
software-properties incorrectly validated TLS certificates
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.8 Medium
- Published
- Dec 2, 2020
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 1, 2012
Description
software-properties was vulnerable to a person-in-the-middle attack due to incorrect TLS certificate validation in softwareproperties/ppa.py. software-properties didn't check TLS certificates under python2 and only checked certificates under python3 if a valid certificate bundle was provided. Fixed in software-properties version 0.92.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.8 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | canonical |
Weaknesses
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
software-propertiesCanonical |
|
References
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1036839vendor-advisory
- https://code.launchpad.net/~cyphermox/software-properties/lp1036839/+merge/119753vendor-advisory
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