CVE-2020-16121 (GCVE-0-2020-16121)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-07 04:10 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:04
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-209 - Information Exposure Through an Error Message
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PackageKit PackageKit Affected: 1.1.13-2ubuntu , < 1.1.13-2ubuntu1.1 (custom)
Affected: 1.1.9-1ubuntu2 , < 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.6 (custom)
Affected: 0.8.17-4ubuntu6 , < 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5 (custom)
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Vaisha Bernard
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