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 on the target machine.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 on the target machine.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 14.56% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- debian/advanced package tool · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · netapp/active iq · netapp/element software
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS 14.6% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106690Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190125-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4371Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106690Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190125-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3863-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4371Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.