CVE-2020-15709

Publication date 3 August 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Versions of add-apt-repository before 0.98.9.2, 0.96.24.32.14, 0.96.20.10, and 0.92.37.8ubuntu0.1~esm1, printed a PPA (personal package archive) description to the terminal as-is, which allowed PPA owners to provide ANSI terminal escapes to modify terminal contents in unexpected ways.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
software-properties 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.98.9.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.96.24.32.14
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.96.20.10
14.04 LTS trusty

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4457-1
    • Software Properties vulnerability
    • 12 August 2020
    • USN-4457-2
    • Software Properties vulnerability
    • 17 August 2020

Other references