CVE-2016-1252

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The apt package in Debian jessie before 1.0.9.8.4, in Debian unstable before 1.4~beta2, in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 1.0.1ubuntu2.17, in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 1.2.15ubuntu0.2, and in Ubuntu 16.10 before 1.3.2ubuntu0.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass a repository-signing protection mechanism by leveraging improper error handling when validating InRelease file signatures.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.9/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-295

Affected software

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

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.htmlIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3733Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.htmlIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3733Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Dec 5, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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