CVE-2020-27350 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-27350: apt integer wraparound

Vendor Canonical
Product apt
Weakness CWE-190
Published December 10, 2020
Last update September 17, 2024
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CVSS base score

5.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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;

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 10, 2020 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated