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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for packagekit (DLA-2399-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'packagekit' package(s) announced via the DLA-2399-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in packagekit, a package management service. CVE-2020-16121 Vaisha Bernard discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled certain methods. A local attacker could use this issue to learn the MIME type of any file on the system. CVE-2020-16122 Sami Niemim?ki discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled local deb packages. A local user could possibly use this issue to install untrusted packages, contrary to expectations.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'packagekit' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.5-2+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your packagekit packages.

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