CVE-2020-15709 Affecting software-properties package, versions <0.96.24.32.14
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-SOFTWAREPROPERTIES-597564
- published 6 Aug 2020
- disclosed 5 Sep 2020
Introduced: 6 Aug 2020
CVE-2020-15709 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04
software-properties
to version 0.96.24.32.14 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream software-properties
package and not the software-properties
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:18.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.