MediumFix available
apt — security advisory
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.
- Products
- apt
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.6.4
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-0501
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-0501
apt
Fixed versions: 1.6.4
apt
Fixed versions: 1.6.4
apt
Fixed versions: 1.6.4
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 421005,
"published_at": "2018-08-21T00:29:00.227+00:00"
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