VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-1252
CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability7.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-12-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
Primary references
- security@debian.org — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@debian.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@debian.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- security@debian.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- security@debian.org — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- security@debian.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry