CVE-2018-19295

Publication date 17 December 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

Sylabs Singularity 2.4 to 2.6 allows local users to conduct Improper Input Validation attacks.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that Singularity incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
singularity-container	23.04 lunar	Not in release
	22.10 kinetic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	21.10 impish	Not in release
	21.04 hirsute	Not in release
	20.10 groovy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.4.2-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
singularity-container	Upstream: 6ccf4f9 Upstream: 7f0f10f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4840-1
Singularity vulnerabilities
15 March 2021