CVE-2020-16122

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16122

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16122.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-16122

Related

Published

2020-11-07T04:15:12Z

Modified

2024-11-21T05:06:48Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / packagekit

Package

Name: packagekit
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/packagekit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / packagekit

Package

Name: packagekit
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/packagekit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / packagekit

Package

Name: packagekit
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/packagekit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}