CVE-2014-0478

MediumCVSS 4.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

APT before 1.0.4 does not properly validate source packages, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to download and install Trojan horse packages by removing the Release signature.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.0/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Jun 17, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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