CVE-2012-0950 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2012-0950?

CVE-2012-0950 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Apport hook (DistUpgradeApport.py) in Update Manager, as used by Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 11.10, and 11.04, uploads the /var/log/dist-upgrade directory when reporting bugs to Launchpad, which allows remote attackers to read repository credentials by viewing a public bug report. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0949.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0950?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0950?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0950 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-0950 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0950 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-6m23-76r2-6p43.