{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "18.04"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "1.6.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "1.6.4"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "1.7.0-alpha"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "1.7.0-alpha1"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "1.7.0-alpha2"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "details": "The mirror:// method implementation in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 mishandles gpg signature verification for the InRelease file of a fallback mirror, aka mirrorfail.",
  "id": "CVE-2018-0501",
  "modified": "2026-03-14T13:49:18.955792286Z",
  "published": "2018-08-21T00:29:00.227Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3746-1/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://mirror.fail"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/29658a3a74af49e2a24e17bdebb20e1612aac3ec"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/aebd4278bacc728ab00ebe31556983e140f60e47"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}