FKIE_CVE-2011-2515

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-11-27 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:31
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
PackageKit 0.6.17 allows installation of unsigned RPM packages as though they were signed which may allow installation of non-trusted packages and execution of arbitrary code.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2515Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2515Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2515Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48557/infoThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2515Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2515Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2515Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48557/infoThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
packagekit_project packagekit 0.6.17
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
debian debian_linux 10.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
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