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CVE-2020-27350

Published: 9 December 2020

APT had several integer overflows and underflows while parsing .deb packages, aka GHSL-2020-168 GHSL-2020-169, in files apt-pkg/contrib/extracttar.cc, apt-pkg/deb/debfile.cc, and apt-pkg/contrib/arfile.cc. This issue affects: apt 1.2.32ubuntu0 versions prior to 1.2.32ubuntu0.2; 1.6.12ubuntu0 versions prior to 1.6.12ubuntu0.2; 2.0.2ubuntu0 versions prior to 2.0.2ubuntu0.2; 2.1.10ubuntu0 versions prior to 2.1.10ubuntu0.1;

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.7

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
apt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1.6.12ubuntu0.2)
focal
Released (2.0.2ubuntu0.2)
groovy
Released (2.1.10ubuntu0.1)
hirsute
Released (2.1.13)
trusty
Released (1.0.1ubuntu2.24+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (1.2.32ubuntu0.2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.7
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L