CVE-2020-3810

Summary

CVECVE-2020-3810
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-15 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:23:00 UTC
DescriptionMissing 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Application Debian Apt All All All All
Application Debian Apt All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: apt-2.1.7-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
SECURITY UPDATE: Fix out of bounds read in .ar and .tar implementation (CVE-2020-3810) (dceb1e49) · Commits · APT Developers / apt · GitLab MISC salsa.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-4359-1: APT vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4359-2: APT vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Bug #1878177 “CVE-2020-3810 out-of-bound stack reads in arfile” : Bugs : apt package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DSA 4685-1] apt security update MISC lists.debian.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Debian Package Tracker MISC tracker.debian.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: apt-2.1.7-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
An out-of-bounds bug occurs in the Ararchive::Loadheaders function · Issue #111 · Debian/apt · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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