CVSS 3.1
4.7 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NCVE-2019-15795
Medium (4.7). EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in python-apt 0.8.3ubuntu7.5, 0.9.3.5ubuntu3, 1.1.0.
python-apt only checks the MD5 sums of downloaded files in `Version.fetch_binary()` and `Version.fetch_source()` of apt/package.py in version 1.9.0ubuntu1 and earlier. This allows a man-in-the-middle attack which could potentially be used to install altered packages and has been fixed in versions 1.9.0ubuntu1.2, 1.6.5ubuntu0.1, 1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.7, 0.9.3.5ubuntu3+esm2, and 0.8.3ubuntu7.5.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 39% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-327
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:python-apt
- ubuntu:python-apt
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-rp8m-h266-53jh | PyPI | python-apt | <0.8.3ubuntu7.5 | 0.8.3ubuntu7.5 |
| GHSA-rp8m-h266-53jh | PyPI | python-apt | >=0.9.0 <0.9.3.5ubuntu3 | 0.9.3.5ubuntu3 |
| GHSA-rp8m-h266-53jh | PyPI | python-apt | >=1.0.0 <1.1.0 | 1.1.0 |
| GHSA-rp8m-h266-53jh | PyPI | python-apt | >=1.2.0 <1.6.5ubuntu0.1 | 1.6.5ubuntu0.1 |
| GHSA-rp8m-h266-53jh | PyPI | python-apt | >=1.7.0 <1.9.0ubuntu1.2 | 1.9.0ubuntu1.2 |