CVE-2015-0840

EPSS 0.74%

dpkg - security update

Published: 4/13/2015Modified: 3/9/2026

Also known as:DSA-3217-1DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0840

Description

The dpkg-source command in Debian dpkg before 1.16.16 and 1.17.x before 1.17.25 allows remote attackers to bypass signature verification via a crafted Debian source control file (.dsc).

Affected packages (3)

Debian/dpkgfrom 0, < 1.17.25
Debian/dpkgfrom 0, < 1.15.12
Debian/dpkgfrom 0, < 1.16.16

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0840