CVE-2017-9269 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In libzypp before August 2018 GPG keys attached to YUM repositories were not correctly pinned, allowing malicious repository mirrors to silently downgrade to unsigned repositories with potential malicious content.

Published: 2018-03-01

Score: 7.7 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

SUSE

libzypp

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 201808

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:libzypp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-18205	In libzypp before August 2018 GPG keys attached to YUM repositories were not correctly pinned, allowing malicious repository mirrors to silently downgrade to unsigned repositories with potential malicious content.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00639.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045735
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-08/msg00002.html
https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9269/

History

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Subscriptions

Opensuse Libzypp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microfocus

Published: 2018-03-01T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:36:56.264Z

Reserved: 2017-05-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9269

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-01T20:29:00.820

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:35:43.547

Link: CVE-2017-9269

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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