PT-2008-3429 · Aptlinex · Aptlinex

Joey Hess · Published 2008-04-21 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-1902

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions aptlinex versions prior to 0.91

Description The issue concerns the GUI of aptlinex, which does not provide adequate warnings to users about potentially dangerous actions. This allows remote attackers to modify or remove packages by using an apt:// URL.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.91, update to version 0.91 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1902

Affected Products

Aptlinex

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1902 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41954 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476572 · Note