{"id":"USN-2566-1","summary":"dpkg vulnerability","details":"Jann Horn discovered that dpkg incorrectly validated signatures when\nextracting local source packages. If a user or an automated system were\ntricked into unpacking a specially crafted source package, a remote\nattacker could bypass signature verification checks.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:53Z","published":"2015-04-09T19:30:35Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0840"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-0840","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0840"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2566-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0840"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dpkg","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dpkg@1.17.5ubuntu5.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.17.5ubuntu5.4"}]}],"versions":["1.16.12ubuntu1","1.17.1ubuntu1","1.17.5ubuntu1","1.17.5ubuntu2","1.17.5ubuntu3","1.17.5ubuntu4","1.17.5ubuntu5","1.17.5ubuntu5.1","1.17.5ubuntu5.2","1.17.5ubuntu5.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.4","binary_name":"dpkg"},{"binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.4","binary_name":"dpkg-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.4","binary_name":"dselect"},{"binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.4","binary_name":"libdpkg-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.4","binary_name":"libdpkg-perl"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2566-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-0840","severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}