The Zypper (aka zypp) backend in PackageKit before 0.8.8 allows local users to downgrade packages via the install updates method.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagekit | Packagekit_project | * | 0.8.7 (including) |
| Packagekit | Packagekit_project | 0.8.1 (including) | 0.8.1 (including) |
| Packagekit | Packagekit_project | 0.8.2 (including) | 0.8.2 (including) |
| Packagekit | Packagekit_project | 0.8.3 (including) | 0.8.3 (including) |
| Packagekit | Packagekit_project | 0.8.4 (including) | 0.8.4 (including) |
| Packagekit | Packagekit_project | 0.8.5 (including) | 0.8.5 (including) |
| Packagekit | Packagekit_project | 0.8.6 (including) | 0.8.6 (including) |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00026.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/25/20
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61231
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804983
- https://gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/commit/d3d14631042237bcfe6fb30a60e59bb6d94af425
- https://gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/source/NEWS
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00026.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/25/20
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61231
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804983
- https://gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/commit/d3d14631042237bcfe6fb30a60e59bb6d94af425
- https://gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/source/NEWS