vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3156-2: APT regression
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 16, 2016 | Dec 19, 2016 | Feb 19, 2025 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 16, 2016
Added
Dec 19, 2016
Modified
Feb 19, 2025
Description
USN-3156-1 fixed vulnerabilities in APT. It also caused a bug in unattended-upgrades on that may require manual intervention to repair.
Users on Ubuntu 16.10 should run the following commands at a terminal:
sudo dpkg --configure --pending sudo apt-get -f install
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Jann Horn discovered that APT incorrectly handled InRelease files. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be used to install altered packages.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-apt
References
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