USN-2246-1: APT vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2246-1

17th June, 2014

apt vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 13.10


• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

An attacker could trick APT into installing altered source packages.

Software description

• apt - Advanced front-end for dpkg

Details

Jakub Wilk discovered that APT did not correctly validate signatures when

downloading source packages. If a remote attacker were able to perform a

man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be used to install

altered source packages.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 13.10:

apt 0.9.9.1~ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.17

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

apt 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.15

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2014-0478

via Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/1pdJTvB