CVE-2014-0488

medium
Published 2014-11-03 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

APT before 1.0.9 does not "invalidate repository data" when moving from an unauthenticated to authenticated state, which allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via crafted repository data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3025

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2348-1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0488

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.0.9
debian debianbullseyefixed1.0.9
debian debianforkyfixed1.0.9
debian debiansidfixed1.0.9
debian debiantrixiefixed1.0.9

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
debianadvanced_package_tool1.0.3
debianadvanced_package_tool1.0.7

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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