CVE-2020-16121

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-16121
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-07 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-18 14:30:00 UTC
DescriptionPackageKit 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-209

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit - All All All
Application Packagekit Project Packagekit - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #1888887 “Reading local files as root leads to sensitive inf...” : Bugs : packagekit package : Ubuntu CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
The story of three CVE's in Ubuntu Desktop - EYE MISC www.eyecontrol.nl Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Vaisha Bernard

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 750458 OpenSUSE Security Update for PackageKit (openSUSE-SU-2020:2344-1)
  • 750480 OpenSUSE Security Update for PackageKit (openSUSE-SU-2020:2292-1)
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