CVE-2020-27350 apt integer wraparound

Medium 5.7 Published Updated

Integer overflows in APT's .deb parsing allow attackers to cause crashes or potentially execute code via malicious packages.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-27350?

CVE-2020-27350 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware, published on 10 Dec 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

APT had several integer overflows and underflows while parsing .deb packages, aka GHSL-2020-168 GHSL-2020-169, in files apt-pkg/contrib/extracttar.cc, apt-pkg/deb/debfile.cc, and apt-pkg/contrib/arfile.cc. This issue affects: apt 1.2.32ubuntu0 versions prior to 1.2.32ubuntu0.2; 1.6.12ubuntu0 versions prior to 1.6.12ubuntu0.2; 2.0.2ubuntu0 versions prior to 2.0.2ubuntu0.2; 2.1.10ubuntu0 versions prior to 2.1.10ubuntu0.1;

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27350?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Advanced Package Tool, Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27350?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2020-27350 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27350 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27350, DLA-2487-1, DSA-4808-1, GHSA-j2wg-wfjw-m5cq, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27350, USN-4667-1 and 1 more.

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