APT 0.7.x before 0.7.25 and 0.8.x before 0.8.16, when using the apt-key net-update to import keyrings, relies on GnuPG argument order and does not check GPG subkeys, which might allow remote attackers to install altered packages via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3587.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-0954 is rated Low Risk (29.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 0.53% | 0.37% | -0.16% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.35% | 0.53% | +0.18% |
| 3 | 2024-09-17 | — | 0.35% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 2.0 | LOW |
|
4.9 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
unimportant | CVE-2012-0954 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (apt), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0954 |
ubuntu
|
critical | CVE-2012-0954 critical priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (apt), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): released 5, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0954 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.2-0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.2-0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.10 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.11 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.12 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.13 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.14 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.15 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.15 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.15:exp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.15 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.15:exp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.15 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.15:exp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.16 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.17 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.17 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.17:exp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.17 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.17:exp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.17 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.17:exp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.17 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.17:exp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.18 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.19 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.20 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.20.1 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.20.2 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.21 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.22 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.22.1 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.22.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.22.2 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.22.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.23 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.23.1 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.7.24 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.7.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.0:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.0:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.1 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.10 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.10.1 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.10.2 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.10.3 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.11 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.11.1 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.11.2 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.11.3 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.11.4 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.11.5 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.12 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.13 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.13.1 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.13.2 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.14 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.14.1 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.15 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.15 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.15:exp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.15 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.15:exp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.15 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.15:exp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.15.1 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.15.6 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.15.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.15.7 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.15.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.15.8 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.15.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.15.9 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.15.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | advanced_package_tool | 0.8.15.10 | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:0.8.15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |