Improper Input Validation Affecting apt package, versions <0.7.21
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.74% (81st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-APT-407482
- published 16 Apr 2009
- disclosed 16 Apr 2009
Introduced: 16 Apr 2009
CVE-2009-1300 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
apt
to version 0.7.21 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 0.7.20 does not check when the date command returns an "invalid date" error, which can prevent apt from loading security updates in time zones for which DST occurs at midnight.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1300
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/354793
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=523213
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1779
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/08/11
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34829
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34832
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34874
- http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-762-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/762-1/