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.
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0251 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1385-1 APT vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:16:19.714Z

Reserved: 2011-12-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-0214

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-04-15T23:55:08.313

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2012-0214

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