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Package "packagekit"

Name: packagekit

Description:

This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • GStreamer plugin to install codecs using PackageKit
  • Smart backend for PackageKit
  • Debugging symbols for PackageKit
  • Install fonts automatically using PackageKit
Latest version: 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5
Release: xenial (16.04)
Level: security
Repository: universe

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Other versions of "packagekit" in Xenial

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base universe 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1
base main 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1
security main 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5
updates universe 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5
updates main 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5
PPA: Kubuntu-ppa Backports 1.1.1-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04~ppa1
PPA: Mint Upstream 1.2.5-2ubuntu2mint1+vera
PPA: Mint Upstream 1.2.8+mint1+wilma

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Changelog

Version: 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5 2020-09-24 15:06:20 UTC

  packagekit (0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5) xenial-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: information disclosure (LP: #1888887)
    - debian/patches/CVE-2020-16121.patch: hide failures behind a single
      error message in src/pk-transaction.c.
    - CVE-2020-16121
  * SECURITY UPDATE: untrusted local file installation (LP: #1882098)
    - debian/patches/CVE-2020-16122.patch: do not trust local packages in
      backends/aptcc/apt-intf.cpp.
    - CVE-2020-16122

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:23:04 -0400
1888887 Reading local files as root leads to sensitive information disclosure
1882098 Packagekit lets user install untrusted local packages in Bionic and Focal


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