CVE-2013-1764

Summary

CVECVE-2013-1764
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-16 18:37:00 UTC
Updated2014-04-17 14:30:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Zypper (aka zypp) backend in PackageKit before 0.8.8 allows local users to downgrade packages via the "install updates" method.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit 0.8.1 All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit 0.8.2 All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit 0.8.3 All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit 0.8.4 All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit 0.8.5 All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit 0.8.6 All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit All All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit 0.8.1 All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit 0.8.2 All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit 0.8.3 All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit 0.8.4 All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit 0.8.5 All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit 0.8.6 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2013:0889-1: moderate: PackageKit: only allow patches for re SUSE lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PackageKit"update" allows downgrade of packages when using the "zypp" backend MLIST www.openwall.com
gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/source/NEWS CONFIRM gitorious.org Vendor Advisory
Bug 804983 – VUL-0: CVE-2013-1764: PackageKit "update" can downgrade packages CONFIRM bugzilla.novell.com
gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/commit/d3d14631042237bcfe6fb30a60e59bb6... CONFIRM gitorious.org
61231 – PackageKit "update" can downgrade packages CONFIRM bugs.freedesktop.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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