CVE-2018-0501

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

The mirror:// method implementation in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 mishandles gpg signature verification for the InRelease file of a fallback mirror, aka mirrorfail.

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.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.6.4`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.6.4`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.6.4`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.6.4`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.6.4`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0501

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

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