CVE-2018-0501

Severity Score

5.9

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

La implementación del método mirror:// en Advanced Package Tool (APT) en versiones 1.6.x anteriores a la 1.6.4 y 1.7.x anteriores a la 1.7.0~alpha3 maneja de manera incorrecta la verificación de firmas gpg para el archivo InRelease de un clon fallback, también conocido como mirrorfail.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-11-27 CVE Reserved
2018-08-21 CVE Published
2024-03-16 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://mirror.fail	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/29658a3a74af49e2a24e17bdebb20e1612aac3ec	2024-02-14
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/aebd4278bacc728ab00ebe31556983e140f60e47	2024-02-14

URL	Date	SRC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3746-1	2024-02-14

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Advanced Package Tool Search vendor "Debian" for product "Advanced Package Tool"				>= 1.6.0 < 1.6.4 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Advanced Package Tool" and version " >= 1.6.0 < 1.6.4"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Advanced Package Tool Search vendor "Debian" for product "Advanced Package Tool"				1.7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Advanced Package Tool" and version "1.7.0"		alpha		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Advanced Package Tool Search vendor "Debian" for product "Advanced Package Tool"				1.7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Advanced Package Tool" and version "1.7.0"		alpha1		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Advanced Package Tool Search vendor "Debian" for product "Advanced Package Tool"				1.7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Advanced Package Tool" and version "1.7.0"		alpha2		Affected