Bug 1884560 (CVE-2020-16121) - CVE-2020-16121 PackageKit: local attacker could use this issue to learn the MIME type of any file on the system
Summary: CVE-2020-16121 PackageKit: local attacker could use this issue to learn the M...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2020-16121
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1884561 1885729
Blocks: 1884567
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-10-02 10:14 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2023-09-25 06:15 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-11-02 17:54:12 UTC
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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]


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