Out-of-Bounds Affecting apt package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.44% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APT-3003940
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed30 Sept 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Sep 2014

CVE-2014-6273  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for apt.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Buffer overflow in the HTTP transport code in apt-get in APT 1.0.1 and earlier allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL.

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