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CVE-2014-6273

Date: September 30, 2014

Buffer overflow in the HTTP transport code in apt-get in APT 1.0.1 and earlier allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL.

Severity Score

5.6

Related Resources (10)

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96151

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6273

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/61605

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3031

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6273

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2353-1

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70075

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/61710

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-6273

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-6273

Severity Score

5.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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