USN-2353-1

It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain http URLs. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to cause APT to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service. (CVE-2014-6273)

In addition, this update fixes regressions introduced by the USN-2348-1 security update: APT incorrectly handled file:/// sources on a different partition, incorrectly handled Dir::state::lists set to a relative path, and incorrectly handled cdrom: sources.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / apt

Package

Name: apt
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/apt@1.0.1ubuntu2.4.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.0.1ubuntu2.4.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.9.1~ubuntu3

0.9.9.1~ubuntu4

0.9.9.1~ubuntu5

0.9.13~exp1ubuntu1

0.9.13~exp1ubuntu2

0.9.13~exp1ubuntu3

0.9.13.1~ubuntu1

0.9.14.1ubuntu1

0.9.14.1ubuntu2

0.9.15.1ubuntu1

0.9.15.4ubuntu1

0.9.15.4ubuntu2

0.9.15.4ubuntu3

0.9.15.4ubuntu4

0.9.15.4ubuntu5

1.*

1.0.1ubuntu2

1.0.1ubuntu2.1

1.0.1ubuntu2.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "apt",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "apt-transport-https",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "apt-utils",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libapt-inst1.5",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libapt-pkg-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libapt-pkg4.12",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.4.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2014-6273",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}