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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-15709

CVE-2020-15709

Description

Versions of add-apt-repository before 0.98.9.2, 0.96.24.32.14, 0.96.20.10, and 0.92.37.8ubuntu0.1~esm1, printed a PPA (personal package archive) description to the terminal as-is, which allowed PPA owners to provide ANSI terminal escapes to modify terminal contents in unexpected ways.

Affected products

3
  • Canonical/Add Apt Repository
    cpe:2.3:a:canonical:add-apt-repository:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: >=0.92.37.0,<0.92.37.8ubuntu0.1\~esm1
  • Ubuntu/add-apt-repositoryllm-create
    Range: <0.98.9.2, <0.96.24.32.14, <0.96.20.10, <0.92.37.8ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • Canonical/add-apt-repositoryv5
    Range: 0.98.9.*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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