CVE-2011-3634

low

Published 2014-03-01 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.6

Description

methods/https.cc in apt before 0.8.11 accepts connections when the certificate host name fails validation and Verify-Host is enabled, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain repository credentials via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
11.04	Affected	—
10.10	Affected	—
10.04	Affected	—
8.04	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0.8.11`
sid	Fixed	`0.8.11`
forky	Fixed	`0.8.11`
bullseye	Fixed	`0.8.11`
bookworm	Fixed	`0.8.11`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
debian	advanced_package_tool	`{"endIncluding":"0.8.10.3"}`
debian	advanced_package_tool	`0.8.0`
debian	advanced_package_tool	`0.8.1`
debian	advanced_package_tool	`0.8.10`
debian	advanced_package_tool	`0.8.10.1`
debian	advanced_package_tool	`0.8.10.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.