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CVE-2012-0214

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Description

The pkgAcqMetaClearSig::Failed method in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 0.8.11 through 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16~exp13, when updating from repositories that use InRelease files, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages by preventing a user from downloading the new InRelease file, which leaves the original InRelease file active and makes it more difficult to detect that the Packages file is modified and unsigned.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published4/15/2014

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

advanced_package_tool:advanced_package_tool

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

References

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b7a6594d1e5ed199a7a472b78b33e070375d6f92(security@debian.org)

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=de498a528cd6fc36c4bb22bf8dec6558e21cc9b6(security@debian.org)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1385-1(security@debian.org)

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b7a6594d1e5ed199a7a472b78b33e070375d6f92(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=de498a528cd6fc36c4bb22bf8dec6558e21cc9b6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1385-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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