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CVE-2020-16121

Published: 24 September 2020

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
packagekit
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.6)
focal
Released (1.1.13-2ubuntu1.1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N