Improper Input Validation Affecting apt package, versions <1.4.10
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.13% (47th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-APT-568929
- published 12 May 2020
- disclosed 15 May 2020
Introduced: 12 May 2020
CVE-2020-3810 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
apt
to version 1.4.10 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apt
package and not the apt
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-3810
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4PEH357MZM2SUGKETMEHMSGQS652QHH/
- https://github.com/Debian/apt/issues/111
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878177
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2020/msg00089.html
- https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/commit/dceb1e49e4b8e4dadaf056be34088b415939cda6
- https://tracker.debian.org/news/1144109/accepted-apt-212-source-into-unstable/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4359-2/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-3810
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4359-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4PEH357MZM2SUGKETMEHMSGQS652QHH/