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Ubuntu: USN-4538-1 (CVE-2020-16121): PackageKit vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4538-1 (CVE-2020-16121): PackageKit vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/24/2020
Created
09/28/2020
Added
09/25/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-packagekit

References

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