| Name | CVE-2011-4407 |
| Description | ppa.py in Software Properties before 0.81.13.3 does not validate the server certificate when downloading PPA GPG key fingerprints, which allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) attackers to spoof GPG keys for a package repository. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| software-properties (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.92.25debian1+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 0.96.20.2-1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 0.96.20.2-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.96.20.2-2.1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid | 0.99.30-4.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[squeeze] - software-properties <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[lenny] - software-properties <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/915210/