| Name | CVE-2020-15709 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2339-1, ELA-266-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 968850 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| software-properties (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.92.25debian1+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 0.96.20.2-1+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 0.96.20.2-2 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 0.96.20.2-2.1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm | 0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1 | vulnerable | |
| sid | 0.99.30-4.1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| software-properties | source | jessie | 0.92.25debian1+deb8u1 | ELA-266-1 | ||
| software-properties | source | stretch | 0.96.20.2-1+deb9u1 | DLA-2339-1 | ||
| software-properties | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | 968850 |
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/03/1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1890286