CVE-2012-0954
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-06-19 20:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-02-01
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bd1e54c775e96e2236a3167bded78cc98d531168cd6ab7ecf707a9018b41e2df
05 Affected products
06 References
- seclists.org20120614 Using second gpg keyring may be misleading?http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jun/271
- www.securityfocus.com54046http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54046
- seclists.org20120612 Strange gpg key shadowinghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jun/267
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1477-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1477-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1475-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1475-1
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1013128
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1013639
- seclists.org20120615 ubuntu apt-key (part 3)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jun/289
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1013681
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- apt Fixed in 0.7.25
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- apt Fixed in 0.7.25
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- apt Fixed in 0.7.25
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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