Advisory Published

USN-4247-1: python-apt vulnerabilities

First published: Wed Jan 22 2020(Updated: )

It was discovered that python-apt would still use MD5 hashes to validate certain downloaded packages. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be used to install altered packages. (CVE-2019-15795) It was discovered that python-apt could install packages from untrusted repositories, contrary to expectations. (CVE-2019-15796)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/python-apt<1.9.0ubuntu1.2
1.9.0ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=19.10
All of
ubuntu/python3-apt<1.9.0ubuntu1.2
1.9.0ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=19.10
All of
ubuntu/python-apt<1.8.5~ubuntu0.2
1.8.5~ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=19.04
All of
ubuntu/python3-apt<1.8.5~ubuntu0.2
1.8.5~ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=19.04
All of
ubuntu/python-apt<1.6.5ubuntu0.1
1.6.5ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/python3-apt<1.6.5ubuntu0.1
1.6.5ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/python-apt<1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.7
1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.7
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/python3-apt<1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.7
1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.7
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04

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