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CVE-2020-15703
Information Disclosure in aptdaemon (CVE-2020-15703)
Summary
vulnerability in aptdaemon (CVE-2020-15703). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `1.1.1` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2020-15703** has been found in aptdaemon.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade aptdaemon to **1.1.1** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "aptdaemon CVE-2020-15703" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2020-15703 (aptdaemon) — CWE-200 /
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: `1.1.1` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**information disclosure** (CWE-200) exists in aptdaemon.
📍 Affected scope
aptdaemon — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **1.1.1**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'aptdaemon' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'aptdaemon' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `aptdaemon` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade aptdaemon to 1.1.1ステージング環境で 1.1.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
aptdaemon
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.1"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15703
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wpmr-q825-x4c6
- package https://github.com/linuxmint/aptdaemon
- package https://pypi.org/project/aptdaemon
- web https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/1888235
- web https://github.com/linuxmint/aptdaemon/blob/4d24cb61575ac6fbee8d5e61ef933e6093ee0a2e/debian/patches/CVE-2020-15703.patch
- web https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4537-1
- web https://www.eyecontrol.nl/blog/the-story-of-3-cves-in-ubuntu-desktop.html