CVE-2020-27351
Various memory and file descriptor leaks in apt-python
02 Description
Various memory and file descriptor leaks in apt-python
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 2.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-12-10 04:05Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 22:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-10-20
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 2.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fa983aee38f91770652bf80929258cedd0c9ace18aaee158ffb4ddd9373a5c22
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1899193
- usn.ubuntu.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4668-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-4809https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4809
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- python-apt Fixed in 2.1.7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- python-apt Fixed in 2.1.7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- python-apt Fixed in 2.1.7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- python-apt Fixed in 1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.10
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- python-apt Fixed in 1.6.5ubuntu0.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- python-apt Fixed in 2.0.0ubuntu0.20.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- python-apt Fixed in 0.9.3.5ubuntu3+esm4Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.