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CVE-2011-4407

ppa.py in Software Properties before 0.81.13.3 does not validate the server certificate when downloading PPA GPG key fingerprints, which allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) attackers to spoof GPG keys for a package repository.

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Severity

N/A

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0013 (0.1%)
Percentile: 32.7%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

canonical:software-propertiescanonical:ubuntu_linux

Technical description

ppa.py in Software Properties before 0.81.13.3 does not validate the server certificate when downloading PPA GPG key fingerprints, which allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) attackers to spoof GPG keys for a package repository.

Published: 5/14/2014, 12:55:04 AM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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