CVE-2018-0501 Security feature bypass in APT 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3

What is CVE-2018-0501?

CVE-2018-0501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 21 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-347

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0501?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Advanced Package Tool.

How do I fix CVE-2018-0501?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-0501 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0501 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
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-0501, GHSA-h75r-32pp-3c7j, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0501, USN-3746-1.