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CVE-2012-0950

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-06-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 11.04, 11.10, 12.04

References

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1443-2
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/update-manager/%2Bbug/1004503
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1443-2
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/update-manager/%2Bbug/1004503

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