CVE-2016-1252

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1252
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-05 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-14 15:26:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.10 All All All
Application Debian Advanced Package Tool All All All All
Application Debian Advanced Package Tool All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3733-1 apt DEBIAN www.debian.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Bug #1647467 “InRelease file splitter treats getline() errors as...” : Bugs : apt package : Ubuntu CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
apt Repository Signing Bypass ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1020 - project-zero - Project Zero - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-3156-1: APT vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
APT - Repository Signing Bypass via Memory Allocation Failure - Linux remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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