Access Restriction Bypass Affecting apt package, versions <0.8.15.10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-APT-407490
  • published15 Apr 2014
  • disclosed15 Apr 2014

Introduced: 15 Apr 2014

CVE-2012-0214  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 apt to version 0.8.15.10 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.

The pkgAcqMetaClearSig::Failed method in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 0.8.11 through 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16~exp13, when updating from repositories that use InRelease files, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages by preventing a user from downloading the new InRelease file, which leaves the original InRelease file active and makes it more difficult to detect that the Packages file is modified and unsigned.

CVSS Scores

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