Security Advisory

CVE-2018-0501

5.9
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

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.
Published Date August 21, 2018
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory