CVE-2011-0725
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.9
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.10 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sebastian_heinlein | aptdaemon | 0.40 | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46490
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025107
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1068-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0459
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/722228
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65652
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46490
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025107
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1068-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0459
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/722228
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65652
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.