CVE-2018-0501

The mirror:// method implementation in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 mishandles gpg signature verification for the InRelease file of a fallback mirror, aka mirrorfail.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.9 Medium

Status

Modified - security@debian.org

Published

2018-08-21

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-347

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Advanced Package Tool (Debian)

References

• https://mirror.fail
• https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/29658a3a74af49e2a24e17bdebb20e1612aac3ec
• https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/aebd4278bacc728ab00ebe31556983e140f60e47
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3746-1/