Vulnerability Details : CVE-2012-0955

software-properties was vulnerable to a person-in-the-middle attack due to incorrect TLS certificate validation in softwareproperties/ppa.py. software-properties didn't check TLS certificates under python2 and only checked certificates under python3 if a valid certificate bundle was provided. Fixed in software-properties version 0.92.
Published 2020-12-02 01:15:12
Updated 2020-12-08 02:12:05
Source Canonical Ltd.
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Products affected by CVE-2012-0955

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0955

EPSS FAQ
0.15%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 52 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2012-0955

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.8
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
8.6
4.9
 NIST
7.4
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
2.2
5.2
 NIST
6.8
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
1.6
5.2
 Canonical Ltd.

CWE ids for CVE-2012-0955

References for CVE-2012-0955

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