CVE-2018-0501

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CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium

EPSS

<1%p59

Published

Aug 21, 2018 (Aug 21, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The mirror:// method implementation in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 mishandles gpg signature verification for the InRelease file of a fallback mirror, aka mirrorfail.

Vendors: canonical debian
Products: ubuntu linux, advanced package tool
Weakness: CWE-347
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.0%)

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