01 Record
CVE-2013-1764
The Zypper (aka zypp) backend in PackageKit before 0.8.8 allows local users to downgrade packages via the "install updates" method.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The Zypper (aka zypp) backend in PackageKit before 0.8.8 allows local users to downgrade packages via the "install updates" method.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-04-16 18:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-02-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cb494b0e997647343ddafda305505e6fcba39a12e1696df1223fa469e80f6921
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130225 Re: CVE Request: PackageKit"update" allows downgrade of packages when using the "zypp" backendhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/25/20
- gitorious.orghttps://gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/source/NEWS
- bugs.freedesktop.orghttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61231
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0889http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00026.html
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804983
- gitorious.orghttps://gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/commit/d3d14631042237bcfe6fb30a60e59bb6d94af425