Description
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.
Published: 2017-12-05
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: 6.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3733-1 apt security update
EUVD EUVD 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3156-1 APT vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Advanced Package Tool Debian Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:48:13.650Z

Reserved: 2015-12-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1252

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-05T16:29:00.203

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-1252

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