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CVE-2018-0501

CVE information

Published

5 years ago

Last Modified

1 month ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

The mirror:// method implementation in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 mishandles gpg signature verification for the InRelease file of a fallback mirror, aka mirrorfail..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
4.3/10
Exploit Score
8.6/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5.9/10
Exploit Score
2.2/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
Impact Score
3.6/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
High
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
1.6.0 1.6.4
cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:1.7.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:1.7.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:1.7.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -