Summary

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2019-754

Component : APT

Revision : 1.0: Final

A vulnerability in apt could allows a network man-in-the-middle (or a malicious package mirror) to execute arbitrary code as root on a machine installing any package. The bug has been fixed in the latest versions of apt. If you’re worried about being exploited during the update process, you can protect yourself by disabling HTTP redirects while you update.

Products Confirmed Not Vulnerable
No Brocade Fibre Channel technology products from Broadcom are currently known to be affected by this vulnerability.

Revision History

Version	Change	Date
1.0	Initial Publication	Jan 24, 2019