Medium severity · published Aug 21, 2018
CVE-2018-0501
The mirror:// method implementation in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 mishandles gpg signature verification for the InRelease file of…
5.9
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The mirror:// method implementation in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 mishandles gpg signature verification for the InRelease file of a fallback mirror, aka mirrorfail.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
A1
APT 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 ·
APT 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 · source: vendor
AP
Advanced Package Tool · Debian
1.6.0 before 1.6.4; 1.7.0; 1.7.0; 1.7.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
18.04 · source: NVD
Affected product
A1
APT 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0501
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0501
Third Party Advisory
https://mirror.fail
Patch
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/29658a3a74af49e2a24e17bdebb20e1612aac3ec
Patch
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/aebd4278bacc728ab00ebe31556983e140f60e47
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3746-1/