USN-1443-1: Update Manager vulnerabilities
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
05/31/2012
07/25/2018
05/06/2013
07/09/2020
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-update-manager-core
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