CVE-2012-0948

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py in Update Manager, as used by Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 11.10, and 11.04, uses weak permissions for (1) apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz and (2) system_state.tar.gz, which allows local users to obtain repository credentials.

DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py in Update Manager, as used by Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 11.10, and 11.04, uses weak permissions for (1) apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz and (2) system_state.tar.gz, which allows local users to obtain repository credentials.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 12 years ago

2012-06-07 21:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-29 01:31:00

Affected Software

GNOME Update Manager 0.150.5.2

0.150.5.2

GNOME Update Manager 0.152.25.10

0.152.25.10

GNOME Update Manager 0.156.14.3

0.156.14.3

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04

11.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10

11.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

12.04

References

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/105380733/update-manager_1%3A0.156.14.3_1%3A0.156.14.4.diff.gz

82019

49230

Vendor Advisory

53604

USN-1443-1

Vendor Advisory

update-manager-info-disclosure(75727)

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