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Debian: CVE-2019-3462: apt -- security update

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 22, 2019
Added
Jan 23, 2019
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Incorrect sanitation of the 302 redirect field in HTTP transport method of apt versions 1.4.8 and earlier can lead to content injection by a MITM attacker, potentially leading to remote code execution on the target machine.

Solution

debian-upgrade-apt
Title
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