CVE-2012-0948 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2012-0948?

CVE-2012-0948 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 7 Jun 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0948?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnome Update-Manager-Core.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0948?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-0948 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c2v8-h6rh-cf9h.