CVE catalog
CVE-2012-0955
software-properties: CVE-2012-0955
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.61% · Oct 25, 2026
software-properties was vulnerable to a person-in-the-middle attack due to incorrect TLS certificate validation in softwareproperties/ppa.py. software-properties didn't check TLS certificates under python2 and only checked certificates under python3 if a valid certificate bundle was provided. Fixed in software-properties version 0.92.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | software-properties | sid | 0.111-1 | fixed |
| Debian | software-properties | bookworm | 0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | software-properties | source | sid | 0.92.25debian1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | software-properties | source | bookworm | 0.92.25debian1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [python3-software-properties]Fixed
Source package: [software-properties]
Details (2)
0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.92.25debian1dsa · software-properties · debian · bookworm; dsa · software-properties · debian · 12
0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.92.25debian1dsa · software-properties · debian · bookworm; dsa · software-properties · debian · 12
- [software-properties-common]Fixed
Source package: [software-properties]
Details (2)
0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.92.25debian1dsa · software-properties · debian · bookworm; dsa · software-properties · debian · 12
0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.92.25debian1dsa · software-properties · debian · bookworm; dsa · software-properties · debian · 12
- [software-properties-gtk]Fixed
Source package: [software-properties]
Details (2)
0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.92.25debian1dsa · software-properties · debian · bookworm; dsa · software-properties · debian · 12
0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.92.25debian1dsa · software-properties · debian · bookworm; dsa · software-properties · debian · 12
- [software-properties-qt]Fixed
Source package: [software-properties]
Details (2)
0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.92.25debian1dsa · software-properties · debian · bookworm; dsa · software-properties · debian · 12
0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.92.25debian1dsa · software-properties · debian · bookworm; dsa · software-properties · debian · 12
Observed: