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CVE-2012-0944

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Aptdaemon 0.43 and earlier in Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, and 12.04 LTS does not authenticate packages when the transaction is not simulated, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary packages via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 11.04, 11.10, 12.04-lts
• Sebastian Heinlein Aptdaemon: through 0.42; 0.20, 0.30, 0.31, 0.32, 0.33, 0.34 (+2)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/48688
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1414-1
• http://www.osvdb.org/80887
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52855
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/aptdaemon/%2Bbug/959131
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74553
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48688
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1414-1
• http://www.osvdb.org/80887
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52855
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/aptdaemon/%2Bbug/959131
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74553

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