3.8

CVE-2020-16128: canonical aptdaemon

CVSS: 3.8v3.1LowModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-16128
Published 09-12-2020Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-16128 is a low (CVSS 3.8) vulnerability in canonical aptdaemon. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
15/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.8/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 09-12-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The aptdaemon DBus interface disclosed file existence disclosure by setting Terminal/DebconfSocket properties, aka GHSL-2020-192 and GHSL-2020-196. This affected versions prior to 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu34.1, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32.3, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.5, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.5.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

26%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.34% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical2 products
  • aptdaemon≥ 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14, < 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.5 | ≥ 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19, < 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.5 | ≥ 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32, < 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32.3 | ≥ 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu34, < 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu34.1
  • ubuntu_linuxEOL16.04 | 18.04 | 20.04 | 20.10
Ubuntu1 product
  • aptdaemon< 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.5 | < 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.5 | < 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32.3

2 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links