DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1252

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1252
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1252.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1252
Upstream
Published
2017-12-05T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:28:02Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The apt package in Debian jessie before 1.0.9.8.4, in Debian unstable before 1.4~beta2, in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 1.0.1ubuntu2.17, in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 1.2.15ubuntu0.2, and in Ubuntu 16.10 before 1.3.2ubuntu0.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass a repository-signing protection mechanism by leveraging improper error handling when validating InRelease file signatures.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / apt

Package

Name
apt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/apt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4~beta2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / apt

Package

Name
apt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/apt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4~beta2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / apt

Package

Name
apt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/apt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4~beta2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / apt

Package

Name
apt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/apt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4~beta2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}