VDB
CVE-2016-1252
CVE-2016-1252
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 5.95% · 90.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
5.95%
90.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | apt | 0, 1.0.10.2ubuntu1, 1.1.4 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | apt | 0.9.9.1~ubuntu3, 0.9.9.1~ubuntu4, 0.9.9.1~ubuntu5 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1020 (nist-nvd)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467 (nist-nvd)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40916/ (nist-nvd)
- CIRCL exploited: CVE-2016-1252 (circl-sighting)
- DSA-3733 (circl)
- USN-3156-1 (circl)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140145/apt-Repository-Signing-Bypass.html (circl)
- APT - Repository Signing Bypass via Memory Allocation Failure Vulnerability (0day-today)
- APT - Repository Signing Bypass via Memory Allocation Failure Vulnerability (0day-today)
Timeline
- Dec 13, 2016 CVE Published
- Dec 14, 2016 PoC Published
- Dec 14, 2016 PoC Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1252 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3156-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1252 third-party-advisory