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CVE-2012-0214

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD

The pkgAcqMetaClearSig::Failed method in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 0.8.11 through 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16~exp13, when updating from repositories that use InRelease files, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages by preventing a user from downloading the new InRelease file, which leaves the original InRelease file active and makes it more difficult to detect that the Packages file is modified and unsigned.

Key facts

CVSS score
4.3 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
1.3% (71th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-0251)
Published
April 15, 2014
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0251 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • advanced package tool / advanced package tool
  • advanced package tool / advanced package tool
  • advanced package tool / advanced package tool
  • advanced package tool / advanced package tool
  • advanced package tool / advanced package tool
  • advanced package tool / advanced package tool

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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