Design/Logic Flaw

APT 0.7.x before 0.7.25 and 0.8.x before 0.8.16, when using the apt-key net-update to import keyrings, relies on GnuPG argument order and does not check GPG subkeys, which might allow remote attackers to install Trojan horse packages via a man-in-the-middle MITM attack...

USN-1475-1: APT update

Georgi Guninski discovered that APT relied on GnuPG argument order and did not check GPG subkeys when validating imported keyrings via apt-key net-update. While it appears that a machine-in-the-middle attacker cannot exploit this, as a hardening measure this update adjusts apt-key to validate all...