Name: CVE-2019-15795: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-15795, CWE-327, CVSS 4.7, EPSS 0.00184

python-apt only checks the MD5 sums of downloaded files in `Version.fetch_binary()` and `Version.fetch_source()` of apt/package.py in version 1.9.0ubuntu1 and earlier. This allows a man-in-the-middle attack which could potentially be used to install altered packages and has been fixed in versions 1.9.0ubuntu1.2, 1.6.5ubuntu0.1, 1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.7, 0.9.3.5ubuntu3+esm2, and 0.8.3ubuntu7.5.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.7
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade python-apt	Jan 27, 2020	Jan 27, 2020
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade python3-aptUpgrade python-aptUpgrade python3-apt (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python-apt (Ubuntu Pro)	Jan 23, 2020	Jan 22, 2020

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CVSS Details

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