Vulnerability CVE-2014-6273

Vulnerability CVE-2014-6273

Published: 2014-09-30

Description:

Buffer overflow in the HTTP transport code in apt-get in APT 1.0.1 and earlier allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL.

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

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10	6.4/10	8.6/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	Medium	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
Partial	Partial	Partial

Affected software
Debian -> APT

References:

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3031

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70075

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2353-1

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96151

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