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HistorySep 23, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

apt - security update

2014-09-2300:00:00
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6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

This update fixes a regression introduced in 0.8.10.3+squeeze5 where
apt would send invalid HTTP requests when sending If-Range queries.

For reference, the original advisory text follows.

The Google Security Team discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in
the HTTP transport code in apt-get. An attacker able to
man-in-the-middle a HTTP request to an apt repository can trigger the
buffer overflow, leading to a crash of the http apt method binary, or
potentially to arbitrary code execution.

The following regression fixes were included in this update:

  • Fix regression from the previous update in DLA-53-1
    when the custom apt configuration option for Dir::state::lists is set to a
    relative path (#762160).
  • Fix regression in the reverificaiton handling of cdrom: sources that
    may lead to incorrect hashsum warnings. Affected users need to run
    “apt-cdrom add” again after the update was applied.
  • Fix regression from the previous update in DLA-53-1
    when file:/// sources are used and those are on a different partition than
    the apt state directory.

For Debian 6 Squeeze, these issues have been fixed in apt version 0.8.10.3+squeeze6

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P