| Name | CVE-2020-16121 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2399-1, ELA-297-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 972229 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| packagekit (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.0.1-2+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.1.5-2+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 1.1.12-5 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.2.2-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.2.6-5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.3.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - packagekit <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1888887