Executive Summary

Summary
Title APT vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-4359-1 First vendor Publication 2020-05-14
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2020-05-14
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 19.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

APT could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description: - apt: Advanced front-end for dpkg

Details:

It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain filenames during package installation. If an attacker could provide a specially crafted package to be installed by the system administrator, this could cause APT to crash.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 19.10:
apt 1.9.4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
apt 1.6.12ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
apt 1.2.32ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4359-1
CVE-2020-3810

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/2.0.2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.9.4ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.6.12ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.2.32ubuntu0.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4359-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 161
Os 6
Os 2
Os 1

Alert History

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Date Informations
2020-05-28 00:28:01
  • Multiple Updates
2020-05-14 05:18:38
  • First insertion