CVE-2011-3152 (GCVE-0-2011-3152)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-27 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:22
VLAI
Summary
DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeFetcherCore.py in Update Manager before 1:0.87.31.1, 1:0.134.x before 1:0.134.11.1, 1:0.142.x before 1:0.142.23.1, 1:0.150.x before 1:0.150.5.1, and 1:0.152.x before 1:0.152.25.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 through 11.10 does not verify the GPG signature before extracting an upgrade tarball, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to (1) create or overwrite arbitrary files via a directory traversal attack using a crafted tar file, or (2) bypass authentication via a crafted meta-release file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1284-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.osvdb.org/77642 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50833 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/updat… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/47024 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2011-11-28 00:00
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