CVE-2012-0214

medium

Published 2014-04-15 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

The pkgAcqMetaClearSig::Failed method in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 0.8.11 through 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16~exp13, when updating from repositories that use InRelease files, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages by preventing a user from downloading the new InRelease file, which leaves the original InRelease file active and makes it more difficult to detect that the Packages file is modified and unsigned.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.8.15.10`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.8.15.10`
debian	forky	fixed	`0.8.15.10`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.8.15.10`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.8.15.10`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
advanced_package_tool	advanced_package_tool	`{"endIncluding":"0.8.16\\~exp12"}`
advanced_package_tool	advanced_package_tool	`0.8.11`
advanced_package_tool	advanced_package_tool	`0.8.12`
advanced_package_tool	advanced_package_tool	`0.8.13`
advanced_package_tool	advanced_package_tool	`0.8.14`
advanced_package_tool	advanced_package_tool	`0.8.15`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.