CVE-2012-0214

Vulnerability Summary

The pkgAcqMetaClearSig::Failed method in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 0.8.11 up to and including 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 prior to 0.8.16~exp13, when updating from repositories that use InRelease files, allows man-in-the-middle malicious users 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.

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