usn-4537-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-09-24 12:52
Modified
2026-02-10 04:41
Summary
aptdaemon vulnerability
Details

Vaisha Bernard discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly handled the Locale property. A local attacker could use this issue to test for the presence of local files.

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  "id": "USN-4537-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:56Z",
  "published": "2020-09-24T12:52:50Z",
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}



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