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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2958-1 (apt - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Jakub Wilk discovered that APT, the high level package manager, did not properly perform authentication checks for source packages downloaded via 'apt-get source'. This only affects use cases where source packages are downloaded via this command. It does not affect regular Debian package installation and upgrading.
Affected Software
Affected Software
apt on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.7.9+deb7u2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.4. We recommend that you upgrade your apt packages.