CVE-2016-1252
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1252
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-1252.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-1252
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-12-05T16:29:00.203Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T22:04:40.584390Z
- Severity
-
- 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The apt package in Debian jessie before 1.0.9.8.4, in Debian unstable before 1.4~beta2, in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 1.0.1ubuntu2.17, in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 1.2.15ubuntu0.2, and in Ubuntu 16.10 before 1.3.2ubuntu0.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass a repository-signing protection mechanism by leveraging improper error handling when validating InRelease file signatures.
- References
-
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3156-1
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3733
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.html
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-1252.json"
unresolved_ranges
[
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.0.9.8.4"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "14.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "16.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "16.10"
}
]
}
]