Bug 1884560 (CVE-2020-16121)

Summary: CVE-2020-16121 PackageKit: local attacker could use this issue to learn the MIME type of any file on the system
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Marian Rehak <mrehak>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: gnome-sig, jonathan, klember, rdieter, rhughes, smparrish
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Bug Depends On: 1884561, 1885729    
Bug Blocks: 1884567    

Description Marian Rehak 2020-10-02 10:14:57 UTC
PackageKit incorrectly handled certain
methods. A local attacker could use this issue to learn the MIME type of
any file on the system.

Reference:

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159284/USN-4538-1.txt

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2020-10-02 10:15:24 UTC
Created PackageKit tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1884561]