Re: owning ubuntu apt-key net-update (maybe apt-get update related)

[Georgi Guninski <guninski () guninski com>]

due to stupidity forgot the attachment, here it is.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:07:08PM +0300, Georgi Guninski wrote:
> owning ubuntu apt-key net-update (maybe apt-get update related)
>
> in ubuntu 10.04 in /usr/bin/apt-key in add_keys_with_verify_against_master_keyring()
>
> if $GPG_CMD --keyring $ADD_KEYRING --list-sigs --with-colons $add_key | grep ^sig | cut -d: -f5 | grep -q 
> $master_key; then
>               $GPG_CMD --quiet --batch --keyring $ADD_KEYRING --export $add_key | $GPG --import
>               ADDED=1
>
>
> to my knowledge --list-sigs doesn't do crypto verification, just looks for well formedness.
>
> it is trivial to generate a gpg key with key ID == $master_key:
> set gpg version to 3, set the lowest 64 bits of the RSA $n$ to the key ID, generate random high bits until one can 
> trial factor $n$ (numerology is on your side), this is it.
>
> to reproduce:
> attached is ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg.
> put it on http://A/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg
> make a copy of apt-key and set:
> ARCHIVE_KEYRING_URI=http://A/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg
> ^ this emulates MITM.
> do |./apt-key-new net-update| and check for new keys with |apt-key list|
>
> this might or might not be related with |apt-get update|.
>
> 10x.
>
> -- 
> joro
>
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