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CVE-2016-1252

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 Ubunt

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Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-40916

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 7

debian.org

ubuntu.com

packetstormsecurity.com

Exploit-DB

bugs.launchpad.net

bugs.chromium.org