UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25031

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25031
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25031.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25031
Upstream
Published
2020-08-31T04:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:42Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

checkinstall 1.6.2, when used to create a package that contains a symlink, may trigger the creation of a mode 0777 executable file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS

checkinstall

Package

Name
checkinstall
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/checkinstall@1.6.2-4ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2-4ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.2-4ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "checkinstall"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25031.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

checkinstall

Package

Name
checkinstall
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/checkinstall@1.6.2-4ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2-4ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.2-4ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "checkinstall"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25031.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

checkinstall

Package

Name
checkinstall
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/checkinstall@1.6.2-4ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2-4ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.2-4ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "checkinstall"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25031.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

checkinstall

Package

Name
checkinstall
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/checkinstall@1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "checkinstall"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25031.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

checkinstall

Package

Name
checkinstall
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/checkinstall@1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu1
1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "checkinstall"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25031.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

checkinstall

Package

Name
checkinstall
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/checkinstall@1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-4?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-3ubuntu1
1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-4",
            "binary_name": "checkinstall"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25031.json"

Ubuntu:25.04

checkinstall

Package

Name
checkinstall
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/checkinstall@1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-4
1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5
1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1",
            "binary_name": "checkinstall"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25031.json"

Ubuntu:25.10

checkinstall

Package

Name
checkinstall
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/checkinstall@1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-5.1",
            "binary_name": "checkinstall"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25031.json"