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CVE-2019-3462 — Incorrect sanitation of the 302 redirect field in HTTP transport method of apt v

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.

CVSS
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EPSS
6.99% (top 8.60%)
CWE
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Published
2019-01-28T21:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T16:32:28.586Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Debian GNULinux / apt as used in Debian Stretch and Ubuntu1.4.8 and earlier

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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