Unauthenticated Package Installation Vulnerability in Aptdaemon

CVE-2012-0944 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

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