UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7788

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-7788

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7788.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7788

Upstream

CVE-2020-7788

Published

2020-12-11T11:15:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:45:59Z

Severity

7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

This affects the package ini before 1.3.6. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with ini.parse, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / node-ini

Package

Name: node-ini
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@1.1.0-1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-ini",
            "binary_version": "1.1.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / node-ini

Package

Name: node-ini
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@1.1.0-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-ini",
            "binary_version": "1.1.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / node-ini

Package

Name: node-ini
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@1.3.4-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.0-1

1.3.4-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-ini",
            "binary_version": "1.3.4-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / node-ini

Package

Name: node-ini
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@1.3.5-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-ini",
            "binary_version": "1.3.5-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / node-ini

Package

Name: node-ini
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@2.0.1-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.0-1

2.0.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-ini",
            "binary_version": "2.0.1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / node-ini

Package

Name: node-ini
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@3.0.1-2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.1-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-ini",
            "binary_version": "3.0.1-2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / node-ini

Package

Name: node-ini
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-ini@3.0.1-2?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.1-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-ini",
            "binary_version": "3.0.1-2"
        }
    ]
}