VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-1300
apt 0.7.20 does not check when the date command returns an "invalid date" error, which can prevent apt from loading security updates in time zones for which DST occurs at midnight.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 1.86%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
apt 0.7.20 does not check when the date command returns an "invalid date" error, which can prevent apt from loading security updates in time zones for which DST occurs at midnight.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.86% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- debian/advanced package tool
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=523213
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34829
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34832
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34874
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1779
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/08/11
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/354793
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/762-1/
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=523213
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34829
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34832
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34874
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1779
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/08/11
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/354793
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/762-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.