And if I’m using synaptic, how do I set those options?  The only place I’ve found is for setting an internal option…

Oh, wait - how about /etc/apt/apt.conf?

I don’t seem to have one, can I simply create it and put something like:

APT {
  Get {
         Acquire::http::AllowRedirect “false”;
  };
};

And be good?




Rusty

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 10:32 PM Herminio Hernandez, Jr. <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com<mailto:herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com>> wrote:
Thanks Hans!

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 10:08 PM der.hans <PLUGd@lufthans.com<mailto:PLUGd@lufthans.com>> wrote:
moin moin,

a security flaw was discovered in apt that allows a remote man in the
middle attacker to inject a malicious package that will be installed by
root.

Use '-o Acquire::http::AllowRedirect=false' option for apt tools to
disable the redirect that's vulnerable in order to install the updates.