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
Published Feb 28, 2014
2.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.81%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.8.10.3
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.10
- 0.8.10.1
- 0.8.10.2
- 8.04
- 10.04
- 10.10
- 11.04
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.81% (0.00815) | 55.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.79% (0.00793) | 51.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.16% (0.00163) | 34.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00093) | 41.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00093) | 38.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (4)
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-3634.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1283-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://alioth.debian.org/plugins/scmgit/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=apt/apt.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=debian/changelog%3Bhb=HEAD x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/868353 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-3634.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1283-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://alioth.debian.org/plugins/scmgit/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=apt/apt.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=debian/changelog%3Bhb=HEAD | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/868353 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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