CVE-2014-0478 (GCVE-0-2014-0478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-17 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:20
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Summary
APT before 1.0.4 does not properly validate source packages, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to download and install Trojan horse packages by removing the Release signature.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/58843 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/59358 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2958 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2246-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2014-06-12 00:00
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