Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Ubuntu Update Manager

CVE-2012-0949 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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