What is CVE-2020-15709?

CVE-2020-15709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Add-Apt-Repository, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2020-15709?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-15709 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Canonical Add-Apt-Repository

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 the terminal as-is, which allowed PPA owners to provide ANSI terminal escapes to modify terminal contents in unexpected ways.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Canonical Add-apt-repository — versions 0.98.9.*, 0.96.24.32.*, 0.96.20.*

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

404notf0und/CVE-Flow

References

security@ubuntu.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15709?: CVE-2020-15709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Add-Apt-Repository, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2020-15709?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-15709 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.