CVE-2011-0725

Summary

CVECVE-2011-0725
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-02-23 19:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionAbsolute 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Application Sebastian Heinlein Aptdaemon 0.40 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Aptdaemon Security Bypass Lets Local Users View Files - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug #722228 “Information disclosure in org.debian.apt.UpdateCach...” : Bugs : “aptdaemon” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
USN-1068-1: Aptdaemon vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
Aptdaemon D-Bus Interface Local Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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