Description (CNA)
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 (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3733
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3733
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020