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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Advisories
Source | ID | Title |
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DSA-3733-1 | apt security update |
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EUVD-2016-2351 | 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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USN-3156-1 | APT vulnerability |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: debian
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T22:48:13.650Z
Reserved: 2015-12-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-1252

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-12-05T16:29:00.203
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2016-1252

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