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CVE-2011-2515

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
• PackageKit: 0.6.17
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2515
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2515
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2515
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48557/info
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2515
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2515
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2515
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48557/info

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