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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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2014-04-15T18:00:00

Updated: 2014-04-15T17:57:01

Reserved: 2011-12-14T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2012-0214

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-04-15T23:55:08.313

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:09:56.070


Link: CVE-2012-0214

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