USN-4359-1 fixed a vulnerability in APT. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain filenames during package installation. If an attacker could provide a specially crafted package to be installed by the system administrator, this could cause APT to crash.
{
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "apt",
"binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.24+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "apt-transport-https",
"binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.24+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "apt-utils",
"binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.24+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libapt-inst1.5",
"binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.24+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libapt-pkg-dev",
"binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.24+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libapt-pkg4.12",
"binary_version": "1.0.1ubuntu2.24+esm1"
}
],
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4359-2.json"
{
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2020-3810",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
},
{
"type": "Ubuntu",
"score": "medium"
}
]
}
]
}