Name: CVE-2020-15709: Improper Input Validation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-09-05T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-15709, CWE-20, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00039

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution exists	Aug 24, 2020	Aug 24, 2020
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade python-software-propertiesUpgrade software-properties-commonUpgrade python3-software-propertiesUpgrade software-properties-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3-software-properties (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python-software-properties (Ubuntu Pro)	Aug 13, 2020	Aug 12, 2020

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CVSS Details

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