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APT vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks since 2010 (slashdot.org)
3 points by gPphX 4443 days ago
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This is sort of overblown. The vulnerability is in libcurl, not apt. It only applies to people (and CAs) who are dumb enough to issue certs where there is a wildcarded IP in the CN. I've never seen this in the wild, not that it couldn't happen.