cve-2020-16121
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-11-07 04:10
Modified
2024-09-17 04:04
Severity ?
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
PackageKit provided detailed error messages to unprivileged callers that exposed information about file presence and mimetype of files that the user would be unable to determine on its own.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1888887Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://www.eyecontrol.nl/blog/the-story-of-3-cves-in-ubuntu-desktop.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1888887Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.eyecontrol.nl/blog/the-story-of-3-cves-in-ubuntu-desktop.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PackageKit PackageKit Version: 1.1.13-2ubuntu   < 1.1.13-2ubuntu1.1
Version: 1.1.9-1ubuntu2   < 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.6
Version: 0.8.17-4ubuntu6   < 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5
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