CVE-2015-1330

unattended-upgrades <0.86.1 - Man-in-the-Middle

Title source: llm

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.

References (4)

[Various Sources] http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/u/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades_0.86.1_changelog

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032738

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2657-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3297

Scores

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 22.5%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (5)

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/unattended-upgrades < 0.86

Timeline

Published Jul 01, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026