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usn-2348-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-09-16 16:20
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
apt vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that APT did not re-verify downloaded files when the If-Modified-Since wasn't met. (CVE-2014-0487)

It was discovered that APT did not invalidate repository data when it switched from an unauthenticated to an authenticated state. (CVE-2014-0488)

It was discovered that the APT Acquire::GzipIndexes option caused APT to skip checksum validation. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and was not enabled by default. (CVE-2014-0489)

It was discovered that APT did not correctly validate signatures when manually downloading packages using the download command. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0490)


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-0487",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "high",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-0488",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "high",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-0489",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-0490",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "apt",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apt-transport-https",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "apt-utils",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libapt-inst1.5",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libapt-pkg4.12",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "apt",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/apt@1.0.1ubuntu2.3?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.0.1ubuntu2.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.9.9.1~ubuntu3",
        "0.9.9.1~ubuntu4",
        "0.9.9.1~ubuntu5",
        "0.9.13~exp1ubuntu1",
        "0.9.13~exp1ubuntu2",
        "0.9.13~exp1ubuntu3",
        "0.9.13.1~ubuntu1",
        "0.9.14.1ubuntu1",
        "0.9.14.1ubuntu2",
        "0.9.15.1ubuntu1",
        "0.9.15.4ubuntu1",
        "0.9.15.4ubuntu2",
        "0.9.15.4ubuntu3",
        "0.9.15.4ubuntu4",
        "0.9.15.4ubuntu5",
        "1.0.1ubuntu2",
        "1.0.1ubuntu2.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that APT did not re-verify downloaded files when the\nIf-Modified-Since wasn\u0027t met. (CVE-2014-0487)\n\nIt was discovered that APT did not invalidate repository data when it\nswitched from an unauthenticated to an authenticated state. (CVE-2014-0488)\n\nIt was discovered that the APT Acquire::GzipIndexes option caused APT to\nskip checksum validation. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS, and was not enabled by default. (CVE-2014-0489)\n\nIt was discovered that APT did not correctly validate signatures when\nmanually downloading packages using the download command. This issue only\napplied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0490)\n",
  "id": "USN-2348-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2014-09-16T16:20:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2348-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0487"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0488"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0489"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0490"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "apt vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0487",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0488",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0489",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0490"
  ]
}



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