CVE-2014-0478

Published: 12 June 2014

APT before 1.0.4 does not properly validate source packages, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to download and install Trojan horse packages by removing the Release signature.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
apt Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	lucid	Released (0.7.25.3ubuntu9.15)
	precise	Released (0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.17)
	saucy	Released (0.9.9.1~ubuntu3.2)
	trusty	Released (1.0.1ubuntu2.1)
	upstream	Released (1.0.4)

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2246-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0478
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Bugs

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=749795
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1329274

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