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CVE-2012-0961

Publication date 12 December 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apt 12.10 quantal
Fixed 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.7
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.6
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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