APT InRelease File Verification Vulnerability

CVE-2018-0501 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

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