CVE-2016-1252 (GCVE-0-2016-1252)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-05 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:48
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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