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title: "CVE-2009-1300\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-1300

Publication date 16 April 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

apt 0.7.20 does not check when the date command returns an "invalid date"
error, which can prevent apt from loading security updates in time zones
for which DST occurs at midnight.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| apt | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 0.7.14ubuntu6.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.7.9ubuntu17.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 0.6.43.3ubuntu3.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1300)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1300)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1300)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1300)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-762-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-762-1)
+ APT vulnerabilities
+ 20 April 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1300>