CVE-2012-0962 Information

Description

Aptdaemon 0.43 in Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 LTS uses short IDs when importing PPA GPG keys from a keyserver which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary package repository GPG keys via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/51627 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56959 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027891 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1666-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/2Bbug/1052789