Since APT is being used by many major Linux distributions including Debian and Ubuntu, who have also acknowledged and released security patches for the vulnerability, it is highly recommended for Linux users to update their systems as soon as possible.
Critical RCE Flaw in Linux APT Allows Remote Attackers to Hack Systems
Critical RCE Flaw in Linux APT Allows Remote Attackers to Hack Systems
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Re: Critical RCE Flaw in Linux APT Allows Remote Attackers to Hack Systems
Already fixed in Debian stretch update.
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Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - lean and mean.
https://antixlinux.com
Re: Critical RCE Flaw in Linux APT Allows Remote Attackers to Hack Systems
I had the following updates today:
So I suppose these are the patched ones.
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Upgraded the following packages:
apt (1.4.8) to 1.4.9
apt-transport-https (1.4.8) to 1.4.9
apt-utils (1.4.8) to 1.4.9
libapt-inst2.0 (1.4.8) to 1.4.9
libapt-pkg5.0 (1.4.8) to 1.4.9
Re: Critical RCE Flaw in Linux APT Allows Remote Attackers to Hack Systems
If you're wondering/supposing, you can visit https://packages.debian.org and type in the packagename. When viewing the info page for any package, the right column of the webpage includes links to read "changelong", "bugtracker" etc related to the package.
Re: Critical RCE Flaw in Linux APT Allows Remote Attackers to Hack Systems
Great!skidoo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 2:40 pm If you're wondering/supposing, you can visit https://packages.debian.org and type in the packagename. When viewing the info page for any package, the right column of the webpage includes links to read "changelong", "bugtracker" etc related to the package.
Thanks for the info!
Re: Critical RCE Flaw in Linux APT Allows Remote Attackers to Hack Systems
Yep, we should expect more bugs like this to emerge.
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