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 products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
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 ↗