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CVE-2014-0490 (GCVE-0-2014-0490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-11-03 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:20
VLAI
Summary
The apt-get download command in APT before 1.0.9 does not properly validate signatures for packages, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted package.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/61275 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2348-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3025 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2014-09-16 00:00
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