UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23171

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-23171
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23171.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23171
Upstream
  • CVE-2020-23171
Published
2021-08-10T17:15:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:04:15.926344995Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability in all versions of Nim-lang allows unauthenticated attackers to write files to arbitrary directories via a crafted zip file with dot-slash characters included in the name of the crafted file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim?arch=source&distro=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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nim",
            "binary_version": "0.12.0-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23171.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim?arch=source&distro=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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nim",
            "binary_version": "0.17.2-1ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23171.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim?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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nim",
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23171.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim?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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nim",
            "binary_version": "1.6.14-1ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23171.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.6.14-1ubuntu2
2.*
2.2.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nim",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23171.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
nim

Package

Name
nim
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nim?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.2.4-1
2.2.4-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nim",
            "binary_version": "2.2.4-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-23171.json"