PT-2020-6167 · Packagekit+4 · Packagekit+4

Vaisha Bernard · Published 2020-07-24 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2020-16121

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PackageKit (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the package manager PackageKit, which provided detailed error messages to unprivileged callers. These error messages exposed information about the presence and mimetype of files that the user would not be able to determine on their own. This information leak could allow an attacker to gain access to confidential data.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-209

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-03396

CVE-2020-16121

DLA-2399-1

MGASA-2020-0415

OESA-2021-1381

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2292-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2344-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_2292-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_2344-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10605-1

SUSE-SU-2020:3845-1

SUSE-SU-2020:3909-1

SUSE-SU-2020:3911-1

SUSE-SU-2020_3845-1

SUSE-SU-2020_3909-1

SUSE-SU-2020_3911-1

USN-4538-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Packagekit

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 48

• 🔥 https://eyecontrol.nl/blog/the-story-of-3-cves-in-ubuntu-desktop.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:3909-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2025-0319SE17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16121 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16122 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:2292-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0415.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16121 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se16-bulletin-20210611SE16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4538-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10605-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2021-1381 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16121 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4538-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16121 · Vendor Advisory