Ubuntu Security Notice 4667-2 - USN-4667-1 fixed a vulnerability in APT. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Kevin Backhouse discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain packages. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause APT to crash or stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
b8f1070fd082e227089866f984e524e9c9c45a838b83b360922bd1566c6f1679Debian Linux Security Advisory 4808-1 - It was discovered that missing input validation in the ar/tar implementations of APT, the high level package manager, could cause out-of-bounds reads or infinite loops, resulting in denial of service when processing malformed deb files.
72b22af4983e423e88a9104f100d1306c4503588d7516f149b0a6cbd98324d31Ubuntu Security Notice 4667-1 - Kevin Backhouse discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain packages. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause APT to crash or stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.
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