CVE-2012-0961

2012-12-1200:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

2.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

Apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.x before 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.6,
0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.x before 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.7, and 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.x
before 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.2, as used in Ubuntu, uses world-readable permissions
for /var/log/apt/term.log, which allows local users to obtain sensitive
shell information by reading the log file.

Bugs

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/975199>

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	This was introduced in Oneiric, as the fix for bug 404724

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu11.10noarchapt< 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.6UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchapt< 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.7UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.10noarchapt< 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.2UNKNOWN