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CVE-2016-1252

Published: Dec 5, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.html

x_refsource_MISC

exploit

x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020

x_refsource_MISC

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