{"id":"USN-2246-1","summary":"apt vulnerability","details":"Jakub Wilk discovered that APT did not correctly validate signatures when\ndownloading source packages. If a remote attacker were able to perform a\nmachine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be used to install\naltered source packages.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:49Z","published":"2014-06-17T17:41:25Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0478"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-0478","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0478"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2246-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0478"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apt@1.0.1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.1ubuntu2.1"}]}],"versions":["0.9.9.1~ubuntu3","0.9.9.1~ubuntu4","0.9.9.1~ubuntu5","0.9.13~exp1ubuntu1","0.9.13~exp1ubuntu2","0.9.13~exp1ubuntu3","0.9.13.1~ubuntu1","0.9.14.1ubuntu1","0.9.14.1ubuntu2","0.9.15.1ubuntu1","0.9.15.4ubuntu1","0.9.15.4ubuntu2","0.9.15.4ubuntu3","0.9.15.4ubuntu4","0.9.15.4ubuntu5","1.0.1ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.0.1ubuntu2.1","binary_name":"apt"},{"binary_version":"1.0.1ubuntu2.1","binary_name":"apt-transport-https"},{"binary_version":"1.0.1ubuntu2.1","binary_name":"apt-utils"},{"binary_version":"1.0.1ubuntu2.1","binary_name":"libapt-inst1.5"},{"binary_version":"1.0.1ubuntu2.1","binary_name":"libapt-pkg-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.0.1ubuntu2.1","binary_name":"libapt-pkg4.12"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2014-0478"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2246-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}