CVE-2012-0955 (GCVE-0-2012-0955)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-02 00:50 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
software-properties incorrectly validated TLS certificates
Summary
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.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://launchpad.net/bugs/1036839 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://code.launchpad.net/~cyphermox/software-pr… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical | software-properties |
Affected:
0.92 , < 0.92
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2012-08-14 00:00
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