CVE-2016-1252

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    CVE-2016-1252

    Published: 5 Dec 2017Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1, https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467, https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3733, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High