USN-3746-1

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    USN-3746-1

    Published: 20 Aug 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: apt vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled the mirror method (mirror://). If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be used to install altered packages in environments configured to use mirror:// entries.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3746-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0501

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.3ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    1.5
    1.5.1

    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