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CVE-2014-0478

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-06-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

APT before 1.0.4 does not properly validate source packages, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to download and install Trojan horse packages by removing the Release signature.

Affected products

• Debian Advanced Package Tool: through 1.0.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/58843
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59358
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2958
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2246-1
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=749795
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58843
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59358
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2958
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2246-1
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=749795

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