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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD4.7 Medium

CVE-2019-15795

python-apt uses MD5 for validation

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
canonical

Description

python-apt only checks the MD5 sums of downloaded files in `Version.fetch_binary()` and `Version.fetch_source()` of apt/package.py in version 1.9.0ubuntu1 and earlier. This allows a man-in-the-middle attack which could potentially be used to install altered packages and has been fixed in versions 1.9.0ubuntu1.2, 1.6.5ubuntu0.1, 1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.7, 0.9.3.5ubuntu3+esm2, and 0.8.3ubuntu7.5.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Canonical Python-apt

  • 0.8.3 to < 0.8.3ubuntu7.5affected
  • 0.9.3.5 to < 0.9.3.5ubuntu3+esm2affected
  • 1.1.0 to < 1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.7affected
  • 1.6.5 to < 1.6.5ubuntu0.1affected
  • 1.9.0 to < 1.9.0ubuntu1.2affected

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