CVE-2019-3462
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
02 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
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
- 14.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2019-01-28 21:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 16:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-12-31
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7164bf221006c89e11003a38a8ae47c3bd6c42322742a0f9304c27d6ccb00420
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com106690http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106690
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3863-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-1/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3863-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-2/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190122 [SECURITY] [DLA 1637-1] apt security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00013.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4371https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4371
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190122 [SECURITY] [DLA 1637-1] apt security update (amended)https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00014.html
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190125-0002/
- lists.apache.org[infra-devnull] 20190404 [GitHub] [incubator-openwhisk-runtime-ballerina] falkzoll commented on issue #15: Update to new base image jdk8u202-b08_openj9-0.12.1.https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- apt Fixed in 1.8.0~alpha3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- apt Fixed in 1.8.0~alpha3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- apt Fixed in 1.8.0~alpha3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- apt Fixed in 1.0.1ubuntu2.19
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- apt Fixed in 1.2.29ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- apt Fixed in 1.6.6ubuntu0.1
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.