CVE-2022-0987 (GCVE-0-2022-0987)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-28 16:09 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:47
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Summary
A flaw was found in PackageKit in the way some of the methods exposed by the Transaction interface examines files. This issue allows a local user to measure the time the methods take to execute and know whether a file owned by root or other users exists.
Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a PackageKit Affected: All PackageKit versions
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