USN-2657-1

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    USN-2657-1

    Published: 29 Jun 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: unattended-upgrades vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that unattended-upgrades incorrectly performed authentication checks in certain configurations. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be used to install altered packages.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2657-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1330

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: unattended-upgrades

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.82.1ubuntu2.3

    Affected versions

    0.79.3ubuntu8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High