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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1252
The apt package in Debian jessie before 1.0.9.8.4, in Debian unstable before 1.4~beta2, in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 1.0.1ubuntu2.17, in Ubuntu 16.04 LT...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The apt package in Debian jessie before 1.0.9.8.4, in Debian unstable before 1.4~beta2, in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 1.0.1ubuntu2.17, in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 1.2.15ubuntu0.2, and in Ubuntu 16.10 before 1.3.2ubuntu0.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass a repository-signing protection mechanism by leveraging improper error handling when validating InRelease file signatures.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
apt
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.4~beta2"}]}]
Debian:13
apt
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.4~beta2"}]}]
Debian:14
apt
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.4~beta2"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org