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CVE-2018-0501

Date: August 20, 2018

The mirror:// method implementation in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 mishandles gpg signature verification for the InRelease file of a fallback mirror, aka mirrorfail.

Language: C++

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/aebd4278bacc728ab00ebe31556983e140f60e47
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/29658a3a74af49e2a24e17bdebb20e1612aac3ec
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3746-1/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0501
https://mirror.fail
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-0501
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0501
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-0501

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

CWE-347

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

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