Mageia 7 MGASA-2020-0415 Critical: PackageKit Authorization Bypass
mageia
November 13, 2020
It was discovered that packagekit was subject to a vulnerability where the InstallFiles, GetFilesLocal and GetDetailsLocal methods of the DBus interface to PackageKit accesses give...
Summary
It was discovered that packagekit was subject to a vulnerability where the
InstallFiles, GetFilesLocal and GetDetailsLocal methods of the DBus interface
to PackageKit accesses given files before checking for authorization. This
allows non-privileged users to learn the MIME type of any file on the system.
(CVE-2020-16121)
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27321
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4538-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16121
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 7/core/packagekit-1.1.12-3.1.mga7
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Publication date: 13 Nov 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0415.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-16121
Topics Covered
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