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.
CVE-2011-0725 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from sebastian_heinlein, from canonical organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2011-02-23T19:00:02.030
2026-06-16T23:27:57.390
Modified
CVSSv2: 4.9 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
3.9
6.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | sebastian_heinlein | aptdaemon | 0.40 | Yes |
| Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.10 | Yes |
| Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.04 | Yes |
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