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apt: information disclosure

Package(s):

apt

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-0961

Created:

December 19, 2012

Updated:

December 19, 2012

Description:

From the Ubuntu advisory:

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.

Alerts:

Ubuntu

USN-1662-1

2012-12-12

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