Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1352-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
David Black discovered that Software Properties incorrectly validated server certificates when performing secure connections to download PPA GPG key fingerprints. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to install altered package repository GPG keys.
Affected
software-properties on Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-4407 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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