CVE-2017-7443 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2017-7443: apt-cacher before 1.7.15 and apt-cacher-ng before 3.4 allow HTTP response splitting via encoded newline characters, related to lack of blocking for the %0[ad] regular expression.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 6 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2017-7443 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

apt-cacher→ fixed in1.7.15urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y apt-cacher
```

apt-cacher-ng→ fixed in3-1urgency: not yet assigned

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y apt-cacher-ng

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

apt-cacher→ fixed in1.7.15urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y apt-cacher
```

apt-cacher-ng→ fixed in3-1urgency: not yet assigned

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y apt-cacher-ng

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

apt-cacher→ fixed in1.7.15urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y apt-cacher
```

apt-cacher-ng→ fixed in3-1urgency: not yet assigned

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y apt-cacher-ng

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