| Name | CVE-2019-3462 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1637-1, DSA-4371-1 |
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 |
| sid, trixie | 2.7.6 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| apt | source | jessie | 1.0.9.8.5 | | DLA-1637-1 | |
| apt | source | stretch | 1.4.9 | | DSA-4371-1 | |
| apt | source | (unstable) | 1.8.0~alpha3.1 | | | |
Notes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1812353
https://justi.cz/security/2019/01/22/apt-rce.html