ISOMAN

CVE

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 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.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.html
  2. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1
  3. https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020
  4. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467
  5. https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3733
  6. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/
  7. http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.html
  8. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1
  9. https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020
  10. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467
  11. https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3733
  12. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/