CVE-2012-0955
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0955
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.92.25debian1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.92.25debian1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.92.25debian1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.