CVE-2015-0840

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-0840
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-13 14:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe dpkg-source command in Debian dpkg before 1.16.16 and 1.17.x before 1.17.25 allows remote attackers to bypass signature verification via a crafted Debian source control file (.dsc).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-284 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.0 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.1 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.10 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.11 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.12 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.13 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.14 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.15 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.16 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.17 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.18 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.19 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.2 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.20 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.21 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.22 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.23 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.24 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.3 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.4 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.5 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.6 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.7 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.8 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg 1.17.9 All All All
Application Debian Dpkg All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2566-1: dpkg vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Patch
openSUSE-SU-2015:1058-1: moderate: Security update for dpkg, update-alte af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3217-1 dpkg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: dpkg-1.16.16-5.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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