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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-15709): Software Properties vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-15709): Software Properties vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/12/2020
Created
08/15/2020
Added
08/13/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-python-software-properties
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python3-software-properties
  • ubuntu-upgrade-software-properties-common

References

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