Vulnerability in GNOME Update-Manager-Core
CVE-2012-0948
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.
EPSS: 0.004 (28.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gnome Update-manager-core — versions 0.150.5.2, 0.152.25.10, 0.156.14.3
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 11.04, 11.10, 12.04
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- security@ubuntu.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)