CVE-2012-0955 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00123.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Canonical	Software-properties

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-0978	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://code.launchpad.net/~cyphermox/software-properties/lp1036839/+merge/119753
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1036839

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2020-12-02T00:50:15.305885Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:14:04.258Z

Reserved: 2012-02-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-0955

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-02T01:15:11.797

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:36:02.523

Link: CVE-2012-0955

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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