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CVE-2015-1330

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Published: Jul 1, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

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6.8
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (5)

Canonical
1 product
Ubuntu Linux
Debian
1 product
Unattended Upgrades
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Canonical
Ubuntu Linux
Version 12.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 14.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 14.10
Ubuntu Linux
Version 15.04
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Unattended Upgrades
Up to 0.86

Related CWEs

CWE-287
Improper Authentication
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

References (8)

Source: security@ubuntu.com
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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