FKIE_CVE-2015-1330

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-07-01 14:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:22
Severity
Summary
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.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttp://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/u/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades_0.86.1_changelog
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3297
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032738
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2657-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/u/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades_0.86.1_changelog
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3297
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032738
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2657-1
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.04
debian unattended-upgrades *
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