vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-4538-1 (CVE-2020-16122): PackageKit vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 24, 2020
Added
Sep 25, 2020
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-packagekit
Title
NEW

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