PackageKit Project PackageKit

PackageKit vulnerable to TOCTOU Race on Transaction Flags leads to arbitrary package installation as root

Packagekit's apt backend lets user install untrusted local packages

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.

PackageKit 0.6.17 allows installation of unsigned RPM packages as though they were signed which may allow installation of non-trusted packages and execution of arbitrary code.

PackageKit error messages leak presence and mimetype of files to unprivileged users

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.

Packagekitd: use-after-free in idle function callback

The Zypper (aka zypp) backend in PackageKit before 0.8.8 allows local users to downgrade packages via the "install updates" method.