Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Dec 5, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1252
CVE-2016-1252
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.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
6- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detailnvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.htmlnvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3733nvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
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