Aptdaemon 0.43 in Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 LTS uses short IDs when importing
PPA GPG keys from a keyserver, which allows remote attackers to install
arbitrary package repository GPG keys via a man-in-the-middle (MITM)
attack.
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | quantal and higher use add_key_from_keyserver() in python-apt which does use long gpg keyids lucid doesn’t use apt-key |