Bug 1668752 (CVE-2019-3462)

Summary:	CVE-2019-3462 apt: Code injection through HTTP redirect
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	Axel.Thimm, itamar, moceap
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	1668759
Bug Blocks:	1668755

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-01-23 14:10:38 UTC

The code handling HTTP redirects in the HTTP transport method doesn't properly
sanitize fields transmitted over the wire. This vulnerability could be used by
an attacker located as a man-in-the-middle between APT and a mirror to inject
malicous content in the HTTP connection. This content could then be recognized
as a valid package by APT and used later for code execution with root
privileges on the target machine.

External references:

https://justi.cz/security/2019/01/22/apt-rce.html

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-01-23 14:21:09 UTC

Created apt tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1668759]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:46:18 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.