Executive Summary

Summary
Title APT vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-1662-1 First vendor Publication 2012-12-12
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2012-12-12
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10

Summary:

APT could expose sensitive information.

Software Description: - apt: Advanced front-end for dpkg

Details:

It was discovered that APT set inappropriate permissions on the term.log file. A local attacker could use this flaw to possibly obtain sensitive information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.10:
apt 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.7

Ubuntu 11.10:
apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1662-1
CVE-2012-0961

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.9.7.5ubuntu5.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.6

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1662-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-200 Information Exposure

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17485
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17485
Title: USN-1662-1 -- apt vulnerability
Description: APT could expose sensitive information.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1662-1
CVE-2012-0961
Version: 9
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Product(s): apt
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-12-14 Name : Ubuntu Update for apt USN-1662-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1662_1.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-12-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1662-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 12:01:12
  • Multiple Updates
2012-12-27 21:19:23
  • Multiple Updates
2012-12-27 13:19:03
  • Multiple Updates
2012-12-12 21:18:05
  • First insertion