CVE detail
CVE-2019-3462
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.
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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A remote code execution vulnerability was recently discovered in APT, the high level package manager used in many Linux distributions.
newswww.securityweek.comJan 23, 2019, 4:27 PMExpert discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in the APT package manager used by several Linux distributions, including Debian and Ubuntu. The independent security consultant Max Justicz has discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in the APT package manager used by several Linux distributions, including Debian and Ubuntu. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-3462, affects package manager version 0.8.15 and later, […]
newssecurityaffairs.comJan 22, 2019, 9:00 PM
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