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software-properties — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-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.

Products
software-properties
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.76.7debian2+nmu2
CVEs
CVE-2011-4407
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 22:43 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4407

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 May 2014, 00:55 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4407

software-properties

Fixed versions: 0.76.7debian2+nmu2

Complete source record
{
  "id": "877bbea807d50bc063dbc839aefe430fd09c844a4800c1119fe495881ab4f1e7",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4407",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4407",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4407",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "software-properties",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.76.7debian2+nmu2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4407",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4407"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.76.7debian2+nmu2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "software-properties",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/software-properties?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4407.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:28.855985046Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2011-4407"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4407"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2011-4407",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 417153,
  "published_at": "2014-05-14T00:55:04.9+00:00"
}