UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10870

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10870
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10870.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10870
Upstream
Published
2020-03-23T20:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:24Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

Zim through 0.72.1 creates temporary directories with predictable names. A malicious user could predict and create Zim's temporary directories and prevent other users from being able to start Zim, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / zim

Package

Name
zim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/zim@0.65-2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.63-1
0.65-1
0.65-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "zim",
            "binary_version": "0.65-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10870.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / zim

Package

Name
zim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/zim@0.68~rc1-2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.67-1
0.67-2
0.68~rc1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "zim",
            "binary_version": "0.68~rc1-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10870.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / zim

Package

Name
zim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/zim@0.72.0-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.72.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "zim",
            "binary_version": "0.72.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10870.json"