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PackageKit: only allow patches for regular updates

Package(s):PackageKit CVE #(s):CVE-2013-1764
Created:June 10, 2013 Updated:June 12, 2013
Description: From the openSUSE advisory:

The PackageKit zypp backend was fixed to only allow patches to be updated. Otherwise a regular user could install new packages or even downgrade older packages to ones with security problems.

Alerts:
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0889-1 2013-06-10
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