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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS...
- Published
- Dec 5, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Evidence observed
- Dec 14, 2016
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 94.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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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.
Sources
1Google Security Research · linux · Dec 14, 2016
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