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.
References
- 46490 vdb-entry
- ADV-2011-0459 vdb-entry
- aptdaemon-updatecache-info-disc(65652) vdb-entry
- USN-1068-1 vendor-advisory
- 1025107 vdb-entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/722228