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CVE-2020-15709 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…

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.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
add-apt-repository 0.98 earliest → < 0.98.9.2 0.98.9.2
add-apt-repository 0.96 earliest → < 0.96.24.32.14 0.96.24.32.14

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