CVE-2019-3462
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 28, 2019 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
6 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxElement Software
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 15%
Description
Incorrect sanitation of the 302 redirect field in HTTP transport method of apt versions 1.4.8 and earlier can lead to content injection by a MITM attacker, potentially leading to remote code execution on the target machine.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.2.301.3 ≤ v ≤ 1.4.8
Affected range stops below 1.2.30, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%All versions
v ≤ 1.4.8
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106690Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00013.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00014.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190125-0002/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-2/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4371CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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