USN-6282-1

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    USN-6282-1

    Published: 10 Aug 2023Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: velocity-tools vulnerability

    Details: Jackson Henry discovered that Velocity Tools incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6282-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13959

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: velocity-tools

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/velocity-tools?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2.0-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    USN-6282-1 | CVE-DB