Information Exposure Affecting PackageKit/PackageKit package, versions [,0.6.17-1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PACKAGEKITPACKAGEKIT-2440676
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Nov 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Nov 2019

CVE-2011-2515  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade PackageKit/PackageKit to version 0.6.17-1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1