CVE-2013-1051 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1051?

CVE-2013-1051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 21 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

apt 0.8.16, 0.9.7, and possibly other versions does not properly handle InRelease files, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to modify packages before installation via unknown vectors, possibly related to integrity checking and the use of third-party repositories.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1051?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Advanced Package Tool, Debian Apt.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1051?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-1051 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1051 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1051, GHSA-pgxw-xqx6-crgv.