Improper Input Validation Affecting apt package, versions <1.0.4
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.11% (44th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-APT-407468
- published 17 Jun 2014
- disclosed 17 Jun 2014
Introduced: 17 Jun 2014
CVE-2014-0478 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
apt
to version 1.0.4 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apt
package and not the apt
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
APT before 1.0.4 does not properly validate source packages, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to download and install Trojan horse packages by removing the Release signature.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0478
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=749795
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2958
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59358
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-0478
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2246-1