Fluid Attacks Database

Description

A flaw was found in PackageKit in the way some of the methods exposed by the Transaction interface examines files. This issue allows a local user to measure the time the methods take to execute and know whether a file owned by root or other users exists.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version
debian 11	packagekit	=1.2.2-2 \|\| =1.2.2-2+deb11u1 \|\| =1.2.4-1 \|\| =1.2.5-1 \|\| =1.2.5-2 \|\| =1.2.5-3 \|\| =1.2.5-4 \|\| =1.2.6-1 \|\| =1.2.6-2 \|\| =1.2.6-3 \|\| =1.2.6-4 \|\| =1.2.6-5 \|\| =1.2.7-1 \|\| =1.2.8-1 \|\| =1.2.8-2 \|\| =1.3.0-1 \|\| =1.3.0-2 \|\| =1.3.0-3 \|\| =1.3.1-1 \|\| =1.3.2-1 \|\| =1.3.3-1 \|\| =1.3.4-1 \|\| =1.3.4-3 \|\| =1.3.5-1
debian 12	packagekit	=1.2.6-5 \|\| =1.2.6-5+deb12u1 \|\| =1.2.7-1 \|\| =1.2.8-1 \|\| =1.2.8-2 \|\| =1.3.0-1 \|\| =1.3.0-2 \|\| =1.3.0-3 \|\| =1.3.1-1 \|\| =1.3.2-1 \|\| =1.3.3-1 \|\| =1.3.4-1 \|\| =1.3.4-3 \|\| =1.3.5-1
debian 13	packagekit	=1.3.1-1 \|\| =1.3.1-1+deb13u1 \|\| =1.3.2-1 \|\| =1.3.3-1 \|\| =1.3.4-1 \|\| =1.3.4-3 \|\| =1.3.5-1
debian 14	packagekit	=1.3.1-1 \|\| =1.3.2-1 \|\| =1.3.3-1 \|\| =1.3.4-1 \|\| =1.3.4-3 \|\| =1.3.5-1
rpm rhel7	PackageKit	-
rpm rhel8	PackageKit	-
rpm rhel9	PackageKit	-
rpm rhel6	PackageKit	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2022-09872. NVD-2022-09873. OSV-DEBIAN-2022-09874. OSV-2022-09875. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2022-0987

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