CVE-2020-16121

low

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.

References

https://www.eyecontrol.nl/blog/the-story-of-3-cves-in-ubuntu-desktop.html

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1888887

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-11-07

Updated: 2020-11-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low