Weak Permissions in Update Manager Allow Local Users to Obtain Repository Credentials

CVE-2012-0948 · LOW Severity

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

DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py in Update Manager, as used by Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 11.10, and 11.04, uses weak permissions for (1) apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz and (2) system_state.tar.gz, which allows local users to obtain repository credentials.

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