Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that APT incorrectly
handled certain http URLs. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to cause APT to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-6273)
In addition, this update fixes regressions introduced by the USN-2348-1 security update: APT incorrectly handled 'file:///' sources on a different partition, incorrectly handled Dir::state::lists set to a relative path, and incorrectly handled cdrom: sources.
Affected
apt on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-6273 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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