CVE-2020-16122

PackageKit's apt backend mistakenly treated all local debs as trusted. The apt security model is based on repository trust and not on the contents of individual files. On sites with configured PolicyKit rules this may allow users to install malicious packages...

CVE-2020-16122

CVE-2020-16122 concerns PackageKit’s apt backend, which incorrectly treated all local .deb packages as trusted. The vulnerability arises because the apt security model relies on repository trust rather than the contents of individual files, enabling a local attacker to potentially install malicio...

CVE-2020-16122 Packagekit's apt backend lets user install untrusted local packages

PackageKit's apt backend mistakenly treated all local debs as trusted. The apt security model is based on repository trust and not on the contents of individual files. On sites with configured PolicyKit rules this may allow users to install malicious packages...

Debian DLA-2399-1 : packagekit security update

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 Niemimki...

Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2399-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] [DLA 2399-1] packagekit security update

Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2399-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Roberto C. Sánchez October 07, 2020 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Package : packagekit Version : 1.1.5-2+deb9u2 CVE ID : CVE-2020-16121 CVE-2020-16122 Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4538-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CVE-2020-16122

PackageKit's apt backend mistakenly treated all local debs as trusted. The apt security model is based on repository trust and not on the contents of individual files. On sites with configured PolicyKit rules this may allow users to install malicious packages...