CVE-2012-0944 describes a vulnerability in Aptdaemon versions 0.43 and earlier, affecting Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, and 12.04 LTS. This flaw allows remote attackers to install arbitrary packages through a man-in-the-middle attack due to a lack of package authentication during non-simulated transactions. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), the attack requires medium complexity (AC:M) and can lead to partial integrity impact (I:P), but does not affect confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sebastian_heinlein:aptdaemon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sebastian_heinlein:aptdaemon:0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sebastian_heinlein:aptdaemon:0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sebastian_heinlein:aptdaemon:0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sebastian_heinlein:aptdaemon:0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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