| Name | CVE-2018-0501 |
| Description | The mirror:// method implementation in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 mishandles gpg signature verification for the InRelease file of a fallback mirror, aka mirrorfail. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| apt (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.0.9.8.7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.4.11 | fixed |
| buster | 1.8.2.3 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1.8.2.2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.2.4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.6.1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.9.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| apt | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| apt | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| apt | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| apt | source | (unstable) | 1.6.4 | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - apt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.6~alpha6)
[jessie] - apt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.6~alpha6)
https://mirror.fail/
[wheezy] - apt <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present, introduced in 1.6~alpha6)