--- title: "CVE-2012-0948\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0948?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-0948 Publication date 17 May 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | update-manager | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:0.156.14.4 | | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 1:0.152.25.11 | | 11.04 natty | Fixed 1:0.150.5.3 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0948) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0948) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-0948) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0948) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-1443-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1443-1) + Update Manager vulnerabilities + 17 May 2012 ### Other references *