{"id":"USN-3746-1","summary":"apt vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled the mirror method\n(mirror://). If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle\nattack, this flaw could potentially be used to install altered packages in\nenvironments configured to use mirror:// entries.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:49:04.351803Z","published":"2018-08-20T17:25:54Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0501"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-0501","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0501"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3746-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0501"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apt@1.6.3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.3ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.5","1.5.1","1.6~alpha5","1.6~alpha7ubuntu1","1.6~alpha7ubuntu2","1.6~beta1","1.6~rc1","1.6","1.6.1","1.6.2","1.6.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.6.3ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"apt"},{"binary_version":"1.6.3ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"apt-transport-https"},{"binary_version":"1.6.3ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"apt-utils"},{"binary_version":"1.6.3ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"libapt-inst2.0"},{"binary_version":"1.6.3ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"libapt-pkg5.0"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"high"}],"id":"CVE-2018-0501"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3746-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}