CVE-2016-1252

MEDIUM5.9

The apt package in Debian jessie before 1

Published Dec 5, 2017

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

WEB

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.html

ADVISORY

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1

WEB

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020

WEB

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1252

ADVISORY