python-apt only checks the MD5 sums of downloaded files in `Version.fetch_binary()` and `Version.fetch_source()` of apt/package.py in version 1.9.0ubuntu1 and earlier. This allows a man-in-the-middle attack which could potentially be used to install altered packages and has been fixed in versions 1.9.0ubuntu1.2, 1.6.5ubuntu0.1, 1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.7, 0.9.3.5ubuntu3+esm2, and 0.8.3ubuntu7.5.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2020-03-26T13:00:21.299320Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:45:50.191Z

Reserved: 2019-08-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-15795

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Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-03-26T13:15:12.750

Modified: 2020-04-08T18:23:55.427

Link: CVE-2019-15795

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