National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0948

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: update-manager-info-disclosure(75727)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/75727

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1443-1

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1443-1

External Source: BID

Name: 53604

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53604

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 49230

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/49230

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 82019

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/82019

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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