Riskcovery

CVE-2020-15709

add-apt-repository print ASNI terminal codes

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 5, 2020
Updated
Sep 17, 2024
Reserved
Jul 14, 2020

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Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Affected Products

ProductVersions
add-apt-repositoryCanonical
  • 0.98.9.* to before 0.98.9.2Affected
  • 0.96.24.32.* to before 0.96.24.32.14Affected
  • 0.96.20.* to before 0.96.20.10Affected
  • 0.92.37.* to before 0.92.37.8ubuntu0.1~esm1Affected

References

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