Overview
- 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.
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 2.1
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
- security@ubuntu.com
- CWE-20
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:canonical:add-apt-repository:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "A41B5913-0F89-40CB-AE3C-C955965675F3",
"versionEndExcluding": "0.92.37.8ubuntu0.1\\~esm1",
"versionStartIncluding": "0.92.37.0"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:canonical:add-apt-repository:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "09EB5C38-87CE-4863-A281-968CCFB44F5F",
"versionEndExcluding": "0.96.20.10",
"versionStartIncluding": "0.96.20.0"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:canonical:add-apt-repository:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "AD750E43-D532-496D-B63A-A664870A60CA",
"versionEndExcluding": "0.96.24.32.14",
"versionStartIncluding": "0.96.24.32.0"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:canonical:add-apt-repository:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "1D631968-A108-4DE4-B4FD-2025AF9F91A0",
"versionEndExcluding": "0.98.9.2",
"versionStartIncluding": "0.98.9.0"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]