UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28638

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28638

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28638.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28638

Related

CVE-2020-28638

Published

2020-11-13T21:15:00Z

Modified

2024-10-15T14:07:47Z

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

ask_password in Tomb 2.0 through 2.7 returns a warning when pinentry-curses is used and $DISPLAY is non-empty, causing affected users' files to be encrypted with "tomb {W] Detected DISPLAY, but only pinentry-curses is found." as the encryption key.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / tomb

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.4+dfsg1-1

2.5+dfsg1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / tomb

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.6+dfsg1-1

2.6+dfsg1-2

2.7+dfsg2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}