CVE-2012-0949
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The Apport hook in Update Manager as used by Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 11.10, and 11.04 uploads certain system state archive files when reporting bugs to Launchpad, which allows remote attackers to read repository credentials by viewing a public bug report.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 11.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 11.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
References
- http://osvdb.org/82020
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49230
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53605
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1443-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75728
- http://osvdb.org/82020
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49230
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53605
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1443-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75728
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.