PT-2015-4908 · Debian+2 · Dpkg+2

Jann Horn · Published 2015-04-09 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-0840

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Debian dpkg versions prior to 1.16.16 Debian dpkg versions 1.17.x prior to 1.17.25

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass signature verification via a crafted Debian source control file (.dsc).

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.16.16, update to version 1.16.16 or later. For versions 1.17.x prior to 1.17.25, update to version 1.17.25 or later.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1399

CVE-2015-0840

DLA-220-1

DSA-3217-1

MGASA-2015-0197

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10253-1

USN-2566-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ubuntu

Dpkg

References · 28

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8283 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0840 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2566-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3217-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2015-1399 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157387.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0840 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2566-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0197 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-0840 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0840 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0840 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00029.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0840 · Security Note