CVE-2012-0948 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/105380733/update-manager_13A0.156.14.3_13A0.156.14.4.diff.gz http://osvdb.org/82019 http://secunia.com/advisories/49230 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53604 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1443-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75727