| Name | CVE-2022-0987 |
| Description | A flaw was found in PackageKit in the way some of the methods exposed by the Transaction interface examines files. This issue allows a local user to measure the time the methods take to execute and know whether a file owned by root or other users exists. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| packagekit (PTS) | bullseye | 1.2.2-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.2.6-5 | vulnerable |
| trixie, sid | 1.3.1-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| packagekit | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064315
Negligible security impact