CVE-2012-3587

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-06-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

APT 0.7.x before 0.7.25 and 0.8.x before 0.8.16, when using the apt-key net-update to import keyrings, relies on GnuPG argument order and does not check GPG subkeys, which might allow remote attackers to install Trojan horse packages via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

Affected products

Debian Advanced Package Tool: 0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.2-0.1, 0.7.10, 0.7.11 (+55)

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jun/267
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1475-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1477-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1013128
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jun/267
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1475-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1477-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1013128

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