Candidate: CVE-2012-5356 PublicDate: 2012-10-10 18:55:00 UTC References: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5356 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1016643 http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/78990 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1588-1 Description: The apt-add-repository tool in Ubuntu Software Properties 0.75.x before 0.75.10.3, 0.80.x before 0.80.9.2, 0.81.x before 0.81.13.5, 0.82.x before 0.82.7.3, and 0.92.x before 0.92.8 does not properly check PPA GPG keys imported from a keyserver, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary package repository GPG keys via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Ubuntu-Description: Notes: Bugs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1016643 Priority: medium Discovered-by: Marc Deslauriers Assigned-to: mdeslaur CVSS: Patches_software-properties: upstream_software-properties: needs-triage hardy_software-properties: ignored (reached end-of-life) lucid_software-properties: released (0.75.10.3) natty_software-properties: released (0.80.9.2) oneiric_software-properties: released (0.81.13.5) precise_software-properties: released (0.82.7.3) devel_software-properties: not-affected (0.92.8)