UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21372

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-21372
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21372.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21372
Related
Published
2021-03-26T22:15:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:22:29Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Nimble is a package manager for the Nim programming language. In Nim release version before versions 1.2.10 and 1.4.4, Nimble doCmd is used in different places and can be leveraged to execute arbitrary commands. An attacker can craft a malicious entry in the packages.json package list to trigger code execution.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim@0.12.0-2?arch=source&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@0.17.2-1ubuntu2?arch=source&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@1.0.6-1?arch=source&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"
}

Ubuntu:24.10 / nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim@1.6.14-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=oracular

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.14-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim@1.6.14-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.14-1
1.6.14-1ubuntu1
1.6.14-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}