Vulnerability CVE-2014-0490
Published: 2014-11-03   Modified: 2014-11-04

Description:
The apt-get download command in APT before 1.0.9 does not properly validate signatures for packages, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted package.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Debian -> APT 

 References:
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2348-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3025
http://secunia.com/advisories/61286
http://secunia.com/advisories/61275
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