Debian DLA-2399-1 : packagekit security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 141291

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in packagekit, a package management service.

CVE-2020-16121

Vaisha Bernard discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled certain methods. A local attacker could use this issue to learn the MIME type of any file on the system.

CVE-2020-16122

Sami Niemimäki discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled local deb packages. A local user could possibly use this issue to install untrusted packages, contrary to expectations.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.5-2+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your packagekit packages.

For the detailed security status of packagekit please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/packagekit

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141291

File Name: debian_DLA-2399.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/8/2020

Updated: 2/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16122

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gstreamer1.0-packagekit, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpackagekit-glib2-18, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpackagekit-glib2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:packagekit, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:packagekit-command-not-found, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:packagekit-docs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:packagekit-gtk3-module, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:packagekit-tools, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16121, CVE-2020-16122

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