Memory Leak Affecting apt package, versions [1.1.0\~beta1,1.1.0\~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.10)[1.6.5ubuntu0,1.6.5ubuntu0.4)[2.0.0ubuntu0,2.0.0ubuntu0.20.04.2)[2.1.3ubuntu1,2.1.30ubuntu1.1)(2.1.30ubuntu1.1,1.8.4.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APT-3003945
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Dec 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-27351  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apt to version 1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.10, 1.6.5ubuntu0.4, 2.0.0ubuntu0.20.04.2, 2.1.30ubuntu1.1, 1.8.4.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Leak. Various memory and file descriptor leaks were found in apt-python files python/arfile.cc, python/tag.cc, python/tarfile.cc, aka GHSL-2020-170. This issue affects: python-apt 1.1.0beta1 versions prior to 1.1.0beta1ubuntu0.16.04.10; 1.6.5ubuntu0 versions prior to 1.6.5ubuntu0.4; 2.0.0ubuntu0 versions prior to 2.0.0ubuntu0.20.04.2; 2.1.3ubuntu1 versions prior to 2.1.3ubuntu1.1;

CVSS Scores

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