PT-2014-2491 · Packagekit · Packagekit

Published 2014-04-16 · Updated 2014-04-17 · CVE-2013-1764

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PackageKit versions prior to 0.8.8

Description The issue allows local users to downgrade packages via the "install updates" method, potentially leading to security risks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.8.8, update to version 0.8.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1764

Affected Products

Packagekit

References · 7

• https://gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/source/NEWS · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00026.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61231 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1764 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/25/20 · Note
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804983 · Note
• https://gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/commit/d3d14631042237bcfe6fb30a60e59bb6d94af425 · Note