USN-4359-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2020-3810)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2020-05-14 01:16 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
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Summary
apt vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain filenames during package installation. If an attacker could provide a specially crafted package to be installed by the system administrator, this could cause APT to crash.

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  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:38Z",
  "published": "2020-05-14T01:16:29Z",
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