USN-8079-1

It was discovered that less incorrectly handled certain file names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / less

Package

Name: less
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/less@458-2ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

458-2ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

Other

458-2

458-2ubuntu0.*

458-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "less",
            "binary_version": "458-2ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2022-48624",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8079-1.json"