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CVE-2012-0214

Publication date 6 March 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apt 11.10 oneiric
Fixed 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.2
11.04 natty
Fixed 0.8.13.2ubuntu4.4
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

only natty+ supports InRelease

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

Other references