CVE-2011-3634

methods/https.cc in apt before 0.8.11 accepts connections when the certificate host name fails validation and Verify-Host is enabled, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain repository credentials via unspecified vectors.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.6 Low

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2014-03-01

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Advanced Package Tool (Debian)

References

• http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-3634.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1283-1
• https://alioth.debian.org/plugins/scmgit/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=apt/apt.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=debian/changelog%3Bhb=HEAD
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/868353