CVE-2012-0950

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure

Publication date:

19/06/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2012-0950

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools