| Name | CVE-2020-16121 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2399-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 972229 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| packagekit (PTS) | bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1.2.6-5+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie (security), trixie | 1.3.1-1+deb13u1 | fixed |
| forky | 1.3.6-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1.4.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - packagekit <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1888887