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CVE-2019-3462

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-01-28 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Incorrect sanitation of the 302 redirect field in HTTP transport method of apt versions 1.4.8 and earlier can lead to content injection by a MITM attacker, potentially leading to remote code execution on the target machine.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
• Debian Advanced Package Tool: before 1.2.30; from 1.3 through 1.4.8 — fixed in 1.2.30
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• NetApp Active Iq: all versions
• NetApp Element Software: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Debian Advanced Package Tool 1.2.30. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106690
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00013.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00014.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190125-0002/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-2/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4371
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106690
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00013.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00014.html

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