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CVE-2021-32556 (GCVE-0-2021-32556)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-12 03:40 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:51
VLAI
Title
apport get_modified_conffiles() function command injection
Summary
It was discovered that the get_modified_conffiles() function in backends/packaging-apt-dpkg.py allowed injecting modified package names in a manner that would confuse the dpkg(1) call.
Severity
3.8 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-78 - OS Command Injection
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Canonical apport Affected: 2.20.1 , < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.9 , < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.7 (custom)
Affected: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65 , < 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1 (custom)
Affected: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 , < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7 (custom)
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Date Public
2021-05-25 00:00
Credits
maik@secfault-security.com (@fktio)
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