Vigil@nce - APT: integer overflow via Deb Packages Parsing
February 2021 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights, user access/rights, denial of service on service,
denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 10/12/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger an integer overflow via Deb Packages
Parsing of APT, in order to trigger a denial of service, and
possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/APT-integer-overflow-via-Deb-Packages-Parsing-34074