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CVE-2020-15709

Published: 3 August 2020

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
software-properties
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (0.96.24.32.14)
focal
Released (0.98.9.2)
trusty
Released (0.92.37.8ubuntu0.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.96.20.10)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
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