{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0840","details":"The dpkg-source command in Debian dpkg before 1.16.16 and 1.17.x before 1.17.25 allows remote attackers to bypass signature verification via a crafted Debian source control file (.dsc).","modified":"2026-04-22T10:02:29.805906Z","published":"2015-04-09T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2566-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-0840"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0840"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2566-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0840"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dpkg","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dpkg@1.17.5ubuntu5.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.17.5ubuntu5.4"}]}],"versions":["1.16.12ubuntu1","1.17.1ubuntu1","1.17.5ubuntu1","1.17.5ubuntu2","1.17.5ubuntu3","1.17.5ubuntu4","1.17.5ubuntu5","1.17.5ubuntu5.1","1.17.5ubuntu5.2","1.17.5ubuntu5.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"dpkg","binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.4"},{"binary_name":"dselect","binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.4"},{"binary_name":"libdpkg-perl","binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.4"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0840.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}