The vulnerability of the TagSection.keys() function in the tag.cc component allows a hacker to trigger a denial-of-service attack using Python APT exploits.

The vulnerability of the TagSection.keys function in the tag.cc component, which is used to install Python APT packages, is related to pointer dereferencing errors. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to trigger a service failure using a specially created deb822 file...

CVE-2025-6966 Null-pointer dereference in python-apt TagSection.keys()

NULL pointer dereference in TagSection.keys in python-apt on APT-based Linux systems allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service process crash via a crafted deb822 file with a malformed non-UTF-8 key...

Python-apt 安全漏洞

Python-apt is a Python Foundation Pypi codebase that supports the Apt package management tool. A security vulnerability exists in Python-apt, which stems from the presence of a null pointer dereference in the TagSection.keys function, which could lead to a denial of service by a local attacker vi...