UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7788

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-7788
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7788.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7788
Upstream
Published
2020-12-11T11:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:19Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 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
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

This affects the package ini before 1.3.6. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with ini.parse, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS

node-ini

Package

Name
node-ini
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@1.1.0-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1.0-1",
            "binary_name": "node-ini"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

node-ini

Package

Name
node-ini
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@1.1.0-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1.0-1",
            "binary_name": "node-ini"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

node-ini

Package

Name
node-ini
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@1.3.4-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.0-1
1.3.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.4-1",
            "binary_name": "node-ini"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

node-ini

Package

Name
node-ini
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@1.3.5-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.3.5-1",
            "binary_name": "node-ini"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

node-ini

Package

Name
node-ini
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@2.0.1-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.0-1
2.0.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.1-1",
            "binary_name": "node-ini"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

node-ini

Package

Name
node-ini
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@3.0.1-2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.1-2",
            "binary_name": "node-ini"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04

node-ini

Package

Name
node-ini
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@3.0.1-2?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.1-2",
            "binary_name": "node-ini"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10

node-ini

Package

Name
node-ini
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@3.0.1-2?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.1-2",
            "binary_name": "node-ini"
        }
    ]
}