Information Exposure Affecting apt package, versions <0.9.7.7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-APT-407456
- published 26 Dec 2012
- disclosed 26 Dec 2012
Introduced: 26 Dec 2012
CVE-2012-0961 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 apt to version 0.9.7.7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apt package and not the apt package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
Apt 0.8.16exp5ubuntu13.x before 0.8.16exp5ubuntu13.6, 0.8.16exp12ubuntu10.x before 0.8.16exp12ubuntu10.7, and 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.x before 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.2, as used in Ubuntu, uses world-readable permissions for /var/log/apt/term.log, which allows local users to obtain sensitive shell information by reading the log file.