CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-0490
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-11-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The apt-get download command in APT before 1.0.9 does not properly validate signatures for packages, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted package.
Affected configurations
• debian advanced package tool (<= 1.0.8)
• debian advanced package tool 1.0.3
• debian advanced package tool 1.0.4
• debian advanced package tool 1.0.5
• debian advanced package tool 1.0.6
• debian advanced package tool 1.0.7
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61275 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61286 secunia.com
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2348-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3025 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61275 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61286 secunia.com
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2348-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3025 Vendor Advisory