usn-2353-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-09-23 16:12
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
apt vulnerability
Details

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.

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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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  "details": "It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain http URLs. If a\nremote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw\ncould be exploited to cause APT to crash, resulting in a denial of service,\nor possibly execute arbitrary code. The default compiler options for\naffected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service.\n(CVE-2014-6273)\n\nIn addition, this update fixes regressions introduced by the USN-2348-1\nsecurity update: APT incorrectly handled file:/// sources on a different\npartition, incorrectly handled Dir::state::lists set to a relative path,\nand incorrectly handled cdrom: sources.\n",
  "id": "USN-2353-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2014-09-23T16:12:19Z",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2353-1"
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    }
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "apt vulnerability",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6273"
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}



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