CVE-2018-0501

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Aug 21, 2018
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: Nov 27, 2017

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
APT 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3n/a	APT 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3Affected

References

https://mirror.fail/
USN-3746-1vendor-advisory
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/aebd4278bacc728ab00ebe31556983e140f60e47
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/29658a3a74af49e2a24e17bdebb20e1612aac3ec

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