{"id":"CVE-2012-0214","details":"The pkgAcqMetaClearSig::Failed method in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 0.8.11 through 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16~exp13, when updating from repositories that use InRelease files, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages by preventing a user from downloading the new InRelease file, which leaves the original InRelease file active and makes it more difficult to detect that the Packages file is modified and unsigned.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:42:10.396907Z","published":"2014-04-15T23:55:08Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1385-1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b7a6594d1e5ed199a7a472b78b33e070375d6f92"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=de498a528cd6fc36c4bb22bf8dec6558e21cc9b6"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}