packagekit 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5 source package in Ubuntu

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packagekit (0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5) xenial-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: information disclosure (LP: #1888887)
    - debian/patches/CVE-2020-16121.patch: hide failures behind a single
      error message in src/pk-transaction.c.
    - CVE-2020-16121
  * SECURITY UPDATE: untrusted local file installation (LP: #1882098)
    - debian/patches/CVE-2020-16122.patch: do not trust local packages in
      backends/aptcc/apt-intf.cpp.
    - CVE-2020-16122

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:23:04 -0400

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Binary packages built by this source

gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0: GObject introspection data for the PackageKit GLib library

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package contains introspection data for the PackageKit
 GLib interface library.
 .
 It can be used by packages using the GIRepository format to generate
 dynamic bindings.

gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0-dbgsym: debug symbols for package gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package contains introspection data for the PackageKit
 GLib interface library.
 .
 It can be used by packages using the GIRepository format to generate
 dynamic bindings.

gstreamer1.0-packagekit: GStreamer plugin to install codecs using PackageKit

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package provides a plugin for the GStreamer multimedia framework
 to search and to install audio and video codecs.

gstreamer1.0-packagekit-dbgsym: debug symbols for package gstreamer1.0-packagekit

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package provides a plugin for the GStreamer multimedia framework
 to search and to install audio and video codecs.

libpackagekit-glib2-16: Library for accessing PackageKit using GLib

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package provides an advanced library to access PackageKit using GLib.
 It makes use of only async D-Bus calls and provides high level tasks which
 peform the "transaction dance".

libpackagekit-glib2-16-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libpackagekit-glib2-16

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package provides an advanced library to access PackageKit using GLib.
 It makes use of only async D-Bus calls and provides high level tasks which
 peform the "transaction dance".

libpackagekit-glib2-dev: Library for accessing PackageKit using GLib (development files)

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package provides an advanced library to access PackageKit using GLib.
 It makes use of only async D-Bus calls and provides high level tasks which
 peform the "transaction dance".
 .
 This package provides the header files and documentation for the advanced
 PackageKit library based on GLib. It makes use of only async D-Bus calls
 and provides high level tasks which peform the "transaction dance".

libpackagekit-glib2-dev-dbgsym: debug symbols for package libpackagekit-glib2-dev

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package provides an advanced library to access PackageKit using GLib.
 It makes use of only async D-Bus calls and provides high level tasks which
 peform the "transaction dance".
 .
 This package provides the header files and documentation for the advanced
 PackageKit library based on GLib. It makes use of only async D-Bus calls
 and provides high level tasks which peform the "transaction dance".

packagekit: Provides a package management service

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 The work is done by backends which make use of the package manager shipped by
 the corresponding distribution. PackageKit is not meant to replace
 advanced tools like Synaptic.
 .
 The main benefits are:
  - unified interface on several distributions
  - fine grained privileges by using PolicyKit
  - independency from a running desktop session during the processing

packagekit-backend-aptcc: APT backend for PackageKit

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package allows using APT over a C++-based PackageKit backend to
 target systems with low memory.
 APT is the default package management tool of Debian and Ubuntu.

packagekit-backend-aptcc-dbgsym: debug symbols for package packagekit-backend-aptcc

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package allows using APT over a C++-based PackageKit backend to
 target systems with low memory.
 APT is the default package management tool of Debian and Ubuntu.

packagekit-backend-smart: Smart backend for PackageKit

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package allows using the smart package manager.

packagekit-backend-smart-dbgsym: debug symbols for package packagekit-backend-smart

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package allows using the smart package manager.

packagekit-dbg: Debugging symbols for PackageKit

 This package includes debugging symbols for PackageKit
 libraries, backends and command-line tools.
 PackageKit is a package management abstraction layer which
 allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface
 .
 Most people will not need this package.

packagekit-dbgsym: debug symbols for package packagekit

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 The work is done by backends which make use of the package manager shipped by
 the corresponding distribution. PackageKit is not meant to replace
 advanced tools like Synaptic.
 .
 The main benefits are:
  - unified interface on several distributions
  - fine grained privileges by using PolicyKit
  - independency from a running desktop session during the processing

packagekit-docs: Documentation for PackageKit

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package provides documentation for PackageKit.

packagekit-gtk3-module: Install fonts automatically using PackageKit

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 The PackageKit GTK+ module allows any Pango application to install
 fonts from configured repositories using PackageKit.

packagekit-gtk3-module-dbgsym: debug symbols for package packagekit-gtk3-module

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 The PackageKit GTK+ module allows any Pango application to install
 fonts from configured repositories using PackageKit.

packagekit-tools: Provides PackageKit command-line tools

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package provides the PackageKit command-line tools.

packagekit-tools-dbgsym: debug symbols for package packagekit-tools

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package provides the PackageKit command-line tools.

python3-packagekit: PackageKit backend Python bindings

 PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
 interface e.g refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
 software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
 .
 This package provides PackageKit Python bindings which are still needed
 by some PackageKit backends written in Python.
 If you want to use PackageKit from Python and don't write a backend, please
 use the GIRepository instead.