UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15692

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15692
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15692.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15692
Related
Published
2020-08-14T19:15:00Z
Modified
2024-10-15T14:07:33Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.11.2+dfsg1-4
0.12.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.17.2-1ubuntu1
0.17.2-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim?arch=src?distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.20.2-1

1.*

1.0.2-1
1.0.3~rc-1
1.0.4-1
1.0.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}