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Package "apt"

Name: apt

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This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • transitional package for https support
Latest version: 2.4.15ubuntu0.1
Release: jammy (22.04)
Level: security
Repository: universe

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base main 2.4.5
base universe 2.4.5
security main 2.4.15ubuntu0.1
updates main 2.4.14
updates universe 2.4.14

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Version: 2.4.15ubuntu0.1 2026-11-04 20:07:50 UTC

apt (2.4.15ubuntu0.1) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Download verification bypass
    - methods/*.cc: Open target files exclusively
    - CVE-2026-109518
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Out-of-bounds accesses
    - deb: guard against unsigned underflow when trimming control newlines
    - gpgv: don't advance past the null terminator in PushEntryWithKeyID
    - debDebFileParser: reject .deb without a Version field
    - srvrec: reject res_query answers bigger than our buffer
    - tagfile: fix unbounded backward scan in Fill()'s trailing-newline check
  * Test suite reliability:
    - test: Limit valgrind to 1024 open files

 -- Julian Andres Klode Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:56:44 +0100


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