USN-3863-1: APT vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• apt - Advanced front-end for dpkg

Details

Max Justicz discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain parameters
during redirects. If a remote attacker were able to perform a
machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be used to install
altered packages.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10

• apt - 1.7.0ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• apt - 1.6.6ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• apt - 1.2.29ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04

• apt - 1.0.1ubuntu2.19

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2019-3462

Related notices

• USN-3863-2: libapt-pkg-doc, apt-transport-https, libapt-pkg4.12, libapt-inst1.4, apt-utils, apt, apt-doc, libapt-pkg-dev