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CVE-2019-3462
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…
High8.1EPSS 14.6%
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- debian
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.6% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
- Remote code execution in apt
Affected products
Debian GNU/Linux · apt as used in Debian Stretch and Ubuntu
- affected 1.4.8 and earlier
References (8)
- 106690 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3863-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3863-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190122 [SECURITY] [DLA 1637-1] apt security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4371 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190122 [SECURITY] [DLA 1637-1] apt security update (amended) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190125-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [infra-devnull] 20190404 [GitHub] [incubator-openwhisk-runtime-ballerina] falkzoll commented on issue #15: Update to new base image jdk8u202-b08_openj9-0.12.1. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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