unattended-upgrades before 0.86.1 does not properly authenticate packages when the (1) force-confold or (2) force-confnew dpkg options are enabled in the DPkg::Options::* apt configuration, which allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to upload and execute arbitrary packages via unspecified vectors.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | 12.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 14.10 | 14.10.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | 14.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 15.04 | 15.04.x |
| debian / unattended-upgrades | - | 0.86.x |