Re:HTTP redirect vulnerability in apt package manager
by est31 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @09:08AM
(#18968304)
Weren't PGP signatures supposed to ensure integrity? How is this being bypassed?
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Re:HTTP redirect vulnerability in apt package manager
by detaro on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @09:12AM
(#18968324)
The attack can inject fake hashes into the process, so it can pretend the file has the correct checksum: https://justi.cz/security/2019/01/22/apt-rce.html