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>> Debian Security Update Fixes reprepro Signature Validation Weakness

Title : Debian Security Update Fixes reprepro Signature Validation Weakness
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3602
CVE ID : CVE-2007-4739
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-10-25

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A vulnerability has been identified in Debian, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions. This issue is caused by an error in reprepro that does not properly validate signatures when updating repositories, which could be exploited by malicious people to bypass secuity checks.

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2007-10-25 : Initial release

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