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CVE-2020-27350

Publication date 9 December 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.7 · Medium

Score breakdown

APT had several integer overflows and underflows while parsing .deb packages, aka GHSL-2020-168 GHSL-2020-169, in files apt-pkg/contrib/extracttar.cc, apt-pkg/deb/debfile.cc, and apt-pkg/contrib/arfile.cc. This issue affects: apt 1.2.32ubuntu0 versions prior to 1.2.32ubuntu0.2; 1.6.12ubuntu0 versions prior to 1.6.12ubuntu0.2; 2.0.2ubuntu0 versions prior to 2.0.2ubuntu0.2; 2.1.10ubuntu0 versions prior to 2.1.10ubuntu0.1;

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apt 21.04 hirsute
Fixed 2.1.13
20.10 groovy
Fixed 2.1.10ubuntu0.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.0.2ubuntu0.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.6.12ubuntu0.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.2.32ubuntu0.2
14.04 LTS trusty

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.7 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

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