USN-5220-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5220-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5220-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5220-1
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Published
2022-07-08T08:52:19.013982Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:43Z
Summary
composer vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Composer did not properly sanitize URLs for Mercurial repositories in the root composer.json and package source download URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / composer

Package

Name
composer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/composer@1.0.0~beta2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.0~beta2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.0~alpha10+20150602-1
1.0.0~alpha10+20150602-2
1.0.0~alpha11-1
1.0.0~alpha11-1ubuntu1
1.0.0~alpha11-2
1.0.0~alpha11-3
1.0.0~beta1-1ubuntu1
1.0.0~beta2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "composer",
            "binary_version": "1.0.0~beta2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-29472",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / composer

Package

Name
composer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/composer@1.6.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.1-1
1.5.2-1
1.6.2-1
1.6.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "composer",
            "binary_version": "1.6.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-29472",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / composer

Package

Name
composer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/composer@1.10.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.0-2
1.9.1-1
1.9.2-1
1.9.3-1
1.10.0-1
1.10.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "composer",
            "binary_version": "1.10.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-29472",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS"
}