Package Name Injection Vulnerability in get_modified_conffiles() Function

Package Name Injection Vulnerability in get_modified_conffiles() Function

CVE-2021-32556 · LOW Severity

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

It was discovered that the get_modified_conffiles() function in backends/packaging-apt-dpkg.py allowed injecting modified package names in a manner that would confuse the dpkg(1) call.

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