CVE-2012-0949

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

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.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 11.04, 11.10, 12.04

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

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