CVE-2014-0478

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-0478
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-06-17 14:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionAPT before 1.0.4 does not properly validate source packages, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to download and install Trojan horse packages by removing the Release signature.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Debian Advanced Package Tool All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2246-1: APT vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
#749795 - apt: CVE-2014-0478: no authentication checks for source packages - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
Security Advisory SA58843 - Debian update for apt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2958-1 apt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Advisory SA59358 - Ubuntu update for apt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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