Heads up: Debian’s package manager is APT for root-level malware injection… Fix out now to thwart MITM hijacks
The Debian Project has patched a security flaw in its software manager Apt that can be exploited by network snoops to execute commands as root on victims’ boxes as they update or install packages. The Linux distro’s curators have pushed out an fix to address CVE-2019-3462, a vulnerability uncovered and reported by researcher Max Justicz. Read more about Heads up: Debian’s package manager is APT for root-level malware injection… Fix out now to thwart MITM hijacks[…]