CVE-2020-15709 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

https://git.launchpad.net/software-properties/commit/add-apt-repository?id=97e2fe7d181e8711e0f5253d3b8db40426c17f1e

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5

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