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SUSE: 2020:3911-1 Low Severity: PackageKit Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey December 22, 2020
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SUSE has released a security patch for PackageKit that tackles a minor severity vulnerability related to information exposure as outlined in the related advisory.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for PackageKit fixes the following issue: - CVE-2020-16121: Fixed an Information disclosure in InstallFiles, GetFilesLocal and GetDetailsLocal (bsc#1176930). - Update summary and description of gstreamer-plugin and gtk3-module. (bsc#1104313) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP2-2020-3911=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2020-3911=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP2 (x86_64):

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update low severity information disclosure suse packagekit

References

#1104313 #1176930

Cross- CVE-2020-16121

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16121.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1104313

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176930

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3911-1
Rating: low

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update low severity information disclosure suse packagekit

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