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CVE-2020-15709

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
CanonicalAdd-Apt-Repository
from 0.92.37.0 before 0.92.37.8ubuntu0.1\~esm1
from 0.96.20.0 before 0.96.20.10
from 0.96.24.32.0 before 0.96.24.32.14
from 0.98.9.0 before 0.98.9.2

Weakness classification

References