CVE-2016-1252

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-1252
  • Assigner
  • security@debian.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-05T16:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-14T15:26:29
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-295 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.0.9.8.4
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/ Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3733 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1 Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.html Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1252
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1252
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:21:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:38:57 2017-12-05T16:29Z 2017-12-05T16:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:38:57 2020-08-14T15:26:29 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:38:57 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated