CVE-2020-27350

APT had several integer overflows and underflows while parsing .deb packages, aka GHSL-2020-168 GHSL-2020-169, in files apt-pkg/contrib/extracttar.cc, apt-pkg/deb/debfile.cc, and apt-pkg/contrib/arfile.cc. This issue affects: apt 1.2.32ubuntu0 versions prior to 1.2.32ubuntu0.2; 1.6.12ubuntu0...

CVE-2020-27351

Various memory and file descriptor leaks were found in apt-python files python/arfile.cc, python/tag.cc, python/tarfile.cc, aka GHSL-2020-170. This issue affects: python-apt 1.1.0beta1 versions prior to 1.1.0beta1ubuntu0.16.04.10; 1.6.5ubuntu0 versions prior to 1.6.5ubuntu0.4; 2.0.0ubuntu0 versio...

USN-4668-2: python-apt regression

USN-4668-1 fixed vulnerabilities in python-apt. That update caused a regression by removing information describing the Ubuntu 20.10 release from the Ubuntu templates. This update fixes the problem by restoring this information. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Kevin...

DLA-2488-1 python-apt - security update

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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4668-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4668-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2488-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Debian DLA-2488-2 : python-apt regression update

The update for python-apt released as 2488-1 introduced a regression by causing a segmentation fault, which is now fixed with this update. For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.3. We recommend that you upgrade your python-apt packages. For the detailed security status o...

Debian DSA-4808-1 : apt - security update

It was discovered that missing input validation in the ar/tar implementations of APT, the high level package manager, could cause out-of-bounds reads or infinite loops, resulting in denial of service when processing malformed deb files. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

Ubuntu 20.10 : python-apt regression (USN-4668-2)

The remote Ubuntu 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4668-2 advisory. USN-4668-1 introduced a regression in python-apt. Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Note that Nessus h...

Debian DLA-2487-1 : apt security update

It was discovered that missing input validation in the ar/tar implementations of APT, the high level package manager, could cause out-of-bounds reads or infinite loops, resulting in denial of service when processing malformed deb files. For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version...

Python-apt Security Vulnerabilities

Python-apt is a Pypi codebase from the Python-apt team that supports the Apt package management tool. A security vulnerability exists in python-apt that stems from python-apt incorrectly handling resources. A local attacker could use this issue to cause python-apt to consume resources, resulting ...

Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2487-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4667-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

DLA-2487-1 apt - security update

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Debian DSA-4809-1 : python-apt - security update

Various memory and file descriptor leaks were discovered in the Python interface to the APT package management runtime library, which could result in denial of service. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security...

[SECURITY] [DLA 2488-1] python-apt security update

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2488-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta December 10, 2020 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS -...

SideWinder APT Targets Nepal, Afghanistan in Wide-Ranging Spy Campaign

The SideWinder advanced persistent threat APT group has mounted a fresh phishing and malware initiative, using recent territory disputes between China, India, Nepal and Pakistan as lures. The goal is to gather sensitive information from its targets, mainly located in Nepal and Afghanistan...

[SECURITY] [DLA 2487-1] apt security update

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2487-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta December 10, 2020 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4809-1] python-apt security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4809-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso December 09, 2020 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...