CVE-2015-0840
The dpkg-source command in Debian dpkg before 1.16.16 and 1.17.x before 1.17.25 allows remote attackers to bypass signature verification via a crafted Debian source control file (.dsc).
02 Description
The dpkg-source command in Debian dpkg before 1.16.16 and 1.17.x before 1.17.25 allows remote attackers to bypass signature verification via a crafted Debian source control file (.dsc).
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-04-13 14:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-07
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5051aba47244cfa065593f3cccde4459c5c4322d5d0f43de09d9dd4271cee7c4
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2566-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2566-1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-6974http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157387.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1058http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00029.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3217http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3217
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dpkg Fixed in 1.17.25
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dpkg Fixed in 1.17.25
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dpkg Fixed in 1.17.25
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- dpkg Fixed in 1.17.5ubuntu5.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.