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CVE-2018-7685

libzypp does not reevaluate malicious rpms once downloaded

Published: Aug 31, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-358
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

The decoupled download and installation steps in libzypp before 17.5.0 could lead to a corrupted RPM being left in the cache, where a later call would not display the corrupted RPM warning and allow installation, a problem caused by malicious warnings only displayed during download.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-358CWE-347

Affected Products

opensuse
oss-project·DE
libzyppOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE
commercial·DE
libzyppOn-premLibrary
Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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References

http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2018-August/004510.html
lists.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1091624
bugzilla.suse.com
https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2018-7685/
suse.com
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