This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.7
--------------- apt (0.7.25.3ubuntu9.7) lucid-security; urgency=low
* SECURITY UPDATE: Disable apt-key net-update for now, as validation code is insecure. (LP: #856489) - cmdline/apt-key: exit immediately out of net_update(). - CVE number pending -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:24:50 -0400
This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.7
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apt (0.7.25.3ubuntu9.7) lucid-security; urgency=low
* SECURITY UPDATE: Disable apt-key net-update for now, as validation
code is insecure. (LP: #856489)
- cmdline/apt-key: exit immediately out of net_update().
- CVE number pending
-- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:24:50 -0400