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APT Package Manager Vulnerability for Debian Based Linux Distributions

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Recently a security vulnerability has been discovered that affect many Debian based Linux distributions. Max Justicz has discovered a vulnerability on APT package manager earlier which allows intruder to use APT package manager to execute arbitrary code during the update or the installation process through the package manager as network man-in-the-middle to execute the malicious code.

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