CVE-2022-48624

Publication date 19 February 2024

Last updated 28 February 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

close_altfile in filename.c in less before 606 omits shell_quote calls for LESSCLOSE.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
less	24.10 oracular	Fixed 590-2ubuntu1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 590-2ubuntu1
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 590-2ubuntu0.23.10.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 590-1ubuntu0.22.04.2
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 551-1ubuntu0.2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 487-0.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 481-2.1ubuntu0.2+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
less	Upstream: c6ac6de

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6664-1
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27 February 2024