UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29394

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29394
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29394.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29394
Upstream
Published
2020-11-30T19:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:56Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A buffer overflow in the dltfilterload function in dlt_common.c from dlt-daemon through 2.18.5 (GENIVI Diagnostic Log and Trace) allows arbitrary code execution because fscanf is misused (no limit on the number of characters to be read in the format argument).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / dlt-daemon

Package

Name
dlt-daemon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dlt-daemon@2.18.4-0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*

2.18.4-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dlt-daemon",
            "binary_version": "2.18.4-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dlt-tools",
            "binary_version": "2.18.4-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdlt-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.18.4-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdlt-examples",
            "binary_version": "2.18.4-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdlt2",
            "binary_version": "2.18.4-0.1"
        }
    ]
}