CVE-2014-0490: Input Validation

First published: Mon Nov 03 2014(Updated: )

The apt-get download command in APT before 1.0.9 does not properly validate signatures for packages, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted package.

Credit: security@debian.org

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