[Bug 1013639] Re: net-update verifcation checking is still insecure (aka gpg key shadowing, again)

[Jamie Strandboge]

I filed bug #1013681 to track the progress of the real fix.

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Title:
  net-update verifcation checking is still insecure (aka gpg key
  shadowing, again)

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “apt” source package in Lucid:
  In Progress
Status in “apt” source package in Natty:
  In Progress
Status in “apt” source package in Oneiric:
  In Progress
Status in “apt” source package in Precise:
  In Progress
Status in “apt” source package in Quantal:
  In Progress
Status in “apt” source package in Hardy:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  This is related to but different than:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/857472
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1013128

  FYI:
  http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jun/271
  http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jun/289

  The fix for both of the previous bugs was not enough. There is
  reportedly an active exploit utilizing the Ubuntu CD Image Automatic
  Signing Key.

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