CVE-2020-16121

Published: Nov 7, 2020

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

3.3

LOW

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
PackageKit	PackageKit	affected `1.1.13-2ubuntu - < 1.1.13-2ubuntu1.1` affected `1.1.9-1ubuntu2 - < 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.6` affected `0.8.17-4ubuntu6 - < 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-209

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

https://www.eyecontrol.nl/blog/the-story-of-3-cves-in-ubuntu-desktop.html

x_refsource_MISC

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1888887

x_refsource_MISC

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CVE-2020-16121

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References