CVE-2020-16122 — Packagekit's apt backend lets user install untrusted local packages
PackageKit's apt backend mistakenly treated all local debs as trusted. The apt security model is based on repository trust and not on the contents of individual files. On sites …
Published: 2020-11-07 · CVSS: 8.2 · CVSS 3.1
PackageKit's apt backend mistakenly treated all local debs as trusted. The apt security model is based on repository trust and not on the contents of individual files. On sites with configured PolicyKit rules this may allow users to install malicious packages.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7