CVE-2020-15703

There is no input validation on the Locale property in an apt transaction. An unprivileged user can supply a full path to a writable directory, which lets aptd read a file as root. Having a symlink in place results in an error message if the file exists, and no error otherwise. This way an...

CVE-2020-15703

There is no input validation on the Locale property in an apt transaction. An unprivileged user can supply a full path to a writable directory, which lets aptd read a file as root. Having a symlink in place results in an error message if the file exists, and no error otherwise. This way an...

Input validation

There is no input validation on the Locale property in an apt transaction. An unprivileged user can supply a full path to a writable directory, which lets aptd read a file as root. Having a symlink in place results in an error message if the file exists, and no error otherwise. This way an...

CVE-2020-15703

CVE-2020-15703 affects aptdaemon: there is no input validation on the Locale property in an apt transaction. An unprivileged user can supply a full path to a writable directory, letting aptd read a file as root; with a symlink, an error is produced if the file exists, otherwise no error, enabling...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4537-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-4537-1: Aptdaemon vulnerability

Vaisha Bernard discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly handled the Locale property. A local attacker could use this issue to test for the presence of local files...

CVE-2020-15703

There is no input validation on the Locale property in an apt transaction. An unprivileged user can supply a full path to a writable directory, which lets aptd read a file as root. Having a symlink in place results in an error message if the file exists, and no error otherwise. This way an...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Aptdaemon vulnerability (USN-4537-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4537-1 advisory. Vaisha Bernard discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly handled the Locale property. A local attacker could use this issue to test for the...