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CVE-2015-1330

Improper Authentication

Published: Jul 01, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1330
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

unattended-upgrades before 0.86.1 does not properly authenticate packages when the (1) force-confold or (2) force-confnew dpkg options are enabled in the DPkg::Options::* apt configuration, which allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to upload and execute arbitrary packages via unspecified vectors.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical12.04 (including)12.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical14.04 (including)14.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical14.10 (including)14.10 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical15.04 (including)15.04 (including)
Unattended-upgradesUbuntudevel*
Unattended-upgradesUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Unattended-upgradesUbuntuprecise*
Unattended-upgradesUbuntutrusty*
Unattended-upgradesUbuntutrusty/esm*
Unattended-upgradesUbuntuutopic*
Unattended-upgradesUbuntuvivid*
Unattended-upgradesUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*

Potential Mitigations

References

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