CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-1252
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• debian advanced package tool (< 1.0.9.8.4)
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3733 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/ Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3733 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/ Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry