Improper Certificate Validation Affecting apt package, versions [,1.0.1)[1.0.9.0,1.0.9.8)[1.2.0,1.2.15)[1.3.0,1.3.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.13% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APT-2370768
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Dec 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Dec 2017

CVE-2016-1252  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apt to version 1.0.1, 1.0.9.8, 1.2.15, 1.3.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation. 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.

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CVSS Scores

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