CVE-2012-0214

Published Apr 15, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
The pkgAcqMetaClearSig::Failed method in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 0.8.11 through 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16~exp13, when updating from repositories that use InRelease files, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages by preventing a user from downloading the new InRelease file, which leaves the original InRelease file active and makes it more difficult to detect that the Packages file is modified and unsigned.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0251 The pkgAcqMetaClearSig::Failed method in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 0.8.11 through 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16~exp13, when updating from repositories that use InRelease files, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages by preventing a user from downloading the new InRelease file, which leaves the original InRelease file active and makes it more difficult to detect that the Packages file is modified and unsigned.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1385-1 APT vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
debian
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:16 PM
Reserved
Dec 14, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 15, 2014, 11:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:36 PM