Vulnerability CVE-2014-0478
Published: 2014-06-17

Description:
APT before 1.0.4 does not properly validate source packages, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to download and install Trojan horse packages by removing the Release signature.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
4.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Debian -> APT 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2958
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2246-1
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=749795
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