CVE-2016-1252

Name	CVE-2016-1252
Description	The apt package in Debian jessie before 1.0.9.8.4, in Debian unstable before 1.4~beta2, in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 1.0.1ubuntu2.17, in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 1.2.15ubuntu0.2, and in Ubuntu 16.10 before 1.3.2ubuntu0.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass a repository-signing protection mechanism by leveraging improper error handling when validating InRelease file signatures.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-3733-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
apt (PTS)	buster	1.8.2.3	fixed
	buster (security)	1.8.2.2	fixed
	bullseye	2.2.4	fixed
	bookworm	2.6.1	fixed
	trixie	2.7.12	fixed
	sid	2.9.1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
apt	source	wheezy	(not affected)
apt	source	jessie	1.0.9.8.4	DSA-3733-1
apt	source	(unstable)	1.4~beta2

[wheezy] - apt <not-affected> (Issue introduced in apt >= 0.9.8)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1647467