CVE-2020-24916

Publication date 9 September 2020

Last updated 3 November 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

CGI implementation in Yaws web server versions 1.81 to 2.0.7 is vulnerable to OS command injection.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that Yaws mishandled certain input when running CGI scripts. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
yaws 26.10 stonking
Not affected
26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed in 2.0.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed in 2.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed in 2.0.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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