THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-3462
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-3462

Advanced Package Tool vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
14.6%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Debian
Affected product
Advanced Package Tool
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-01-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-3462

  • Confirm whether Debian Advanced Package Tool is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-3462.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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