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GHSA-6G23-6JW5-9VRF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:33 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:33

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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.

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-07 04:10 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:04

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

Assigner

canonical

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.eyecontrol.nl/blog/the-story-of-3-cve…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/package…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

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	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)

Credits

Vaisha Bernard

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-6G23-6JW5-9VRF

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

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