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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-15795): python-apt vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-15795): python-apt vulnerabilities

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/22/2020
Created
01/23/2020
Added
01/23/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-python-apt
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python3-apt

References

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