4.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2011-0725

Published: 23/02/2011 Updated: 17/08/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 436
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the org.debian.apt.UpdateCachePartially method in worker.py in Aptdaemon 0.40 in Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the sources_list argument, related to the D-Bus interface.

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sebastian_heinlein aptdaemon 0.40

canonical ubuntu_linux 10.10

canonical ubuntu_linux 11.04

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Sergey Nizovtsev discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly filtered certain arguments when using its D-Bus interface A local attacker could use this flaw to bypass security restrictions and view sensitive information by reading arbitrary files ...