CVE-2008-1902 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The GUI for aptlinex before 0.91 does not sufficiently warn the user of potentially dangerous actions, which allows remote attackers to remove or modify packages via an apt:// URL.

Published: 2008-04-21

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:debian:aptlinex:0.6-1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:aptlinex:0.7-1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:aptlinex:0.8-1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:aptlinex:0.8-2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:aptlinex:0.9-1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-1902	The GUI for aptlinex before 0.91 does not sufficiently warn the user of potentially dangerous actions, which allows remote attackers to remove or modify packages via an apt:// URL.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00243.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476572
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41954

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Aptlinex

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-04-21T22:10:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:40:59.356Z

Reserved: 2008-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1902

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-04-22T04:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1902

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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