PT-2019-4265 · Linux Mint · Mintinstall

Andhrimnirr · Published 2019-10-02 · Updated 2019-10-08 · CVE-2019-17080

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mintinstall (aka Software Manager) versions 7.9.9

Description The issue is related to the REVIEWS CACHE component of the mintinstall software manager, which is vulnerable to exploitation due to the restoration of untrusted data in memory. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code if they control a REVIEWS CACHE file, as it undergoes an unpickle operation.

Recommendations For mintinstall version 7.9.9, update to version 8.0.0 or apply available backports to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-502

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-04872

CVE-2019-17080

Affected Products

Mintinstall

References · 12

• 🔥 https://github.com/Andhrimnirr/Mintinstall-object-injection · Exploit
• 🔥 https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=302960 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154722/mintinstall-7.9.9-Code-Execution.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/47457 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17080 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04872 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17080 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/linuxmint/mintinstall/blob/master/debian/changelog · Note
• https://github.com/linuxmint/mintinstall/commit/27c229d1b71dda65c41616469cc65264b1a048ad · Note
• https://github.com/linuxmint/mintcommon/commit/76d49cbfb31ce6cf4828b5067790e562c1ce3570 · Note
• https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=302960 · Note
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154722/mintinstall-7.9.9-Code-Execution.html · Note