CVE-2025-6966 in python-apt

Resumen

por MITRE • 2025-12-05

NULL pointer dereference in TagSection.keys() in python-apt on APT-based Linux systems allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a crafted deb822 file with a malformed non-UTF-8 key.

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• Responsable: Canonical
• Reservar: 2025-07-01
• Divulgación: 2025-12-05
• Moderación: aceptado
• Artículo: VDB-334485
• CPE: listo
• CWE: CWE-476 (confirmado)
• CVSS: 5.5 (NVD)
• EPSS: 0.00130
• KEV: no
• Actividades: muy bajo
• Sector: Hostingprovider, Insurance, ...

Fuentes

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6966
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6966
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-6966/