# CVE-2009-1300: apt 0.7.20 does not check when the date command returns an "invalid date" error, which can prevent apt from loading security updates in time

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-04-16 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

apt 0.7.20 does not check when the date command returns an "invalid date" error, which can prevent apt from loading security updates in time zones for which DST occurs at midnight.

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## Related

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/34874
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/354793
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1779
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34829
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=523213
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/08/11
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34832
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/762-1/

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