CVE-2012-0214

CVE-2012-0214 describes a man-in-the-middle vulnerability in Advanced Package Tool (APT) versions 0.8.11 through 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16~exp13. An attacker could prevent the download of a new InRelease file, allowing them to install arbitrary packages by exploiting the continued use of an older, potentially compromised InRelease file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.