CVE-2019-3500 in Ubuntu

CVE-2019-3500

Priority

Description

aria2c in aria2 1.33.1, when --log is used, can store an HTTP Basic
Authentication username and password in a file, which might allow local
users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Ubuntu-Description

It was discovered that aria2 could accidentally leak authentication data. An
attacker could possibly use this to gain access to sensitive information.

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3500
https://github.com/aria2/aria2/issues/1329
https://github.com/aria2/aria2/commit/37368130ca7de5491a75fd18a20c5c5cc641824a
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3965-1

Bugs

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=918058

Notes

Package

Source: aria2 (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (1.34.0-4)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr):	needed
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	needed
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	needed
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):	not-affected (1.34.0-4)
Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):	not-affected (1.34.0-4)

More Information

Updated: 2020-07-28 18:57:58 UTC (commit 7b6828437fde0509248708fcdb5b0f7587b85bd1)