CVE-2020-3810

medium

Description

Missing input validation in the ar/tar implementations of APT before version 2.1.2 could result in denial of service when processing specially crafted deb files.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4359-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4359-1/

https://tracker.debian.org/news/1144109/accepted-apt-212-source-into-unstable/

https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/commit/dceb1e49e4b8e4dadaf056be34088b415939cda6

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4PEH357MZM2SUGKETMEHMSGQS652QHH/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2020/msg00089.html

https://github.com/Debian/apt/issues/111

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878177

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-05-15

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H