Information Exposure Affecting packagekit package, versions <1.1.13-2ubuntu1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-PACKAGEKIT-1012673
  • published25 Sept 2020
  • disclosed7 Nov 2020

Introduced: 25 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-16121  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-209  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 packagekit to version 1.1.13-2ubuntu1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream packagekit package and not the packagekit package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1