CVE-2016-1252 describes a man-in-the-middle vulnerability in the apt package affecting Debian and Ubuntu distributions. This flaw allows attackers to bypass repository-signing protection by exploiting improper error handling during InRelease file signature validation. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.9), it has a high impact on integrity with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.9.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:advanced_package_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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