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title: "CVE-2015-0840\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-0840

Publication date 9 April 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

The dpkg-source command in Debian dpkg before 1.16.16 and 1.17.x before
1.17.25 allows remote attackers to bypass signature verification via a
crafted Debian source control file (.dsc).

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dpkg | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 1.17.13ubuntu1.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.17.5ubuntu5.4 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.6 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.10 |

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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-2015-0840)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0840)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-0840)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0840)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2566-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2566-1)
+ dpkg vulnerability
+ 9 April 2015

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0840>