USN-4457-1: Software Properties vulnerability
Severity
Medium
Vendor
Canonical Ubuntu
Versions Affected
- Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
Description
Jason A. Donenfeld discovered that Software Properties incorrectly filtered certain escape sequences when displaying PPA descriptions. If a user were tricked into adding an arbitrary PPA, a remote attacker could possibly manipulate the screen.
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2020-15709.
Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions
Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.
- Xenial Stemcells
- 250.x versions prior to 250.204
- 315.x versions prior to 315.191
- 456.x versions prior to 456.118
- 621.x versions prior to 621.81
- All other stemcells not listed.
Mitigation
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:
- Xenial Stemcells
- Upgrade 250.x versions to 250.204 or greater
- Upgrade 315.x versions to 315.191 or greater
- Upgrade 456.x versions to 456.118 or greater
- Upgrade 621.x versions to 621.81 or greater
- All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
References
History
2020-09-24: Initial vulnerability report published.
