CVE-2016-1252

PoC ×3—

CVSS 3.1

5.9 medium

EPSS

7%p94

Published

Dec 5, 2017 (Dec 5, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: debian canonical
Products: advanced package tool, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-295
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (7.3%)

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