CVE-2015-1330

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductDebian Unattended-upgrades
PublishedJul 1, 2015
First seenJul 1, 2015

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian unattended-upgradesv ≤ 0.86—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04—

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