software-properties — security advisory

{
  "id": "35d15b2277bda3f8d68f214bee80cce0ab8a2e9997f7b3316a97cb52b0bbc3da",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15709",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15709",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15709",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "software-properties",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.111-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.99.30-4",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.99.30-4.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15709",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15709"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "software-properties",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/software-properties?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "versions": [
            "0.111-1",
            "0.99.30-4",
            "0.99.30-4.1",
            "0.99.30-4.1~deb12u1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15709.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "unimportant"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:02:27.562891338Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2020-15709"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15709"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-15709",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 452246,
  "published_at": "2020-09-05T04:15:13.743+00:00"
}