Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-16121 (CCN-188815)

Assigned:2020-07-24
Published:2020-07-24
Updated:2020-11-18
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.
CVSS v3 Severity:3.3 Low (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
2.9 Low (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
5.1 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
4.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-209
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-16121

Source: CCN
Type: PackageKit Web site
PackageKit

Source: CCN
Type: Launchpad Bug #1888887
Reading local files as root leads to sensitive information disclosure

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
N/A

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
packagekit-cve202016121-info-disc(188815)

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
N/A

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:packagekit_project:packagekit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7870
    P
    		PackageKit-1.2.4-150400.3.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:648
    P
    		Security update for apache2-mod_wsgi (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-10-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5336
    P
    		Security update for webkit2gtk3 (Important)
    2022-08-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3549
    P
    		libQt5WebKit5-5.6.2-1.31 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3254
    P
    		libsnmp30-32bit-5.7.3-6.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94884
    P
    		PackageKit-1.2.4-150400.1.11 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94759
    P
    		nmap-7.92-150400.1.8 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95179
    P
    		PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-1.2.4-150400.1.11 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95167
    P
    		salt-transactional-update-3004-150400.6.16 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111915
    P
    		PackageKit-1.2.2-13.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1641
    P
    		Security update for salt (Moderate)
    2021-10-27
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101880
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2021-10-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105483
    P
    		PackageKit-1.2.2-13.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96758
    P
    		python3-pip-10.0.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-09-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96772
    P
    		shadow-4.6-1.31 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-09-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101136
    P
    		PackageKit-1.1.13-4.20.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72449
    P
    		PackageKit-1.1.13-4.20.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62730
    P
    		PackageKit-1.1.13-4.20.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101472
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2021-07-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93409
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-06-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:110932
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-27
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10632
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:35234
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:65203
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:117652
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25981
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:87300
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70772
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:61057
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:108138
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:75776
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:119772
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5619
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32836
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:108546
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66708
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:58659
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34341
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:74271
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4968
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4114
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:102966
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:109632
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96294
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60164
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Low)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:110378
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99900
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:104787
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:75493
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66425
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:97558
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:90593
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:74206
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4049
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10586
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:98097
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:104248
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:91132
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:65138
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70726
    P
    		Security update for PackageKit (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    BACK
    packagekit_project packagekit -
    canonical ubuntu linux 20.04