vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2018-1106: packagekit -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 23, 2018
Added
May 23, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

An authentication bypass flaw has been found in PackageKit before 1.1.10 that allows users without administrator privileges to install signed packages. A local attacker can use this vulnerability to install vulnerable packages to further compromise a system.

Solution

debian-upgrade-packagekit
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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