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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-1475-1 Critical: APT Keyring Validation

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APT now more thoroughly verifies imported keyrings.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1475-1
June 15, 2012

apt update
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Summary:

APT now more thoroughly verifies imported keyrings.

Software Description:
- apt: Advanced front-end for dpkg

Details:

Georgi Guninski discovered that APT relied on GnuPG argument order and did
not check GPG subkeys when validating imported keyrings via apt-key
net-update. While it appears that a man-in-the-middle attacker cannot
exploit this, as a hardening measure this update adjusts apt-key to
validate all subkeys when checking for key collisions.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  apt                             0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.1

Ubuntu 11.10:
  apt                             0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.4

Ubuntu 11.04:
  apt                             0.8.13.2ubuntu4.5

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  apt                             0.7.25.3ubuntu9.12

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
  apt                             0.7.9ubuntu17.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1475-1
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1013128

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.13.2ubuntu4.5
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.7.25.3ubuntu9.12
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.7.9ubuntu17.5


Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-1475-1 Critical: APT Keyring Validation

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2012
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APT package update in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS enhances keyring validation security against attacks.
APT now more thoroughly verifies imported keyrings.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.1 Ubuntu 11.10: apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.4 Ubuntu 11.04: apt 0.8.13.2ubuntu4.5 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: apt 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.12 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: apt 0.7.9ubuntu17.5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1475-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1013128

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June 15, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.13.2ubuntu4.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.7.25.3ubuntu9.12 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.7.9ubuntu17.5

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