CVE-2019-3462
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 14.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 14.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 8.1 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 14.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Debian Advanced Package Tool < 1.2.30
- Debian Advanced Package Tool ≤ 1.4.8
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10
- Debian Linux 8.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 8.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2019-3462.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2019-3462. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00014.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4371
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00014.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4371
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106690
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00014.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190125-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4371
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106690
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00014.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190125-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4371