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SUSE: CVE-2018-17957: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-17957: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/20/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/23/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

The YaST2 RMT module for configuring the SUSE Repository Mirroring Tool (RMT) before 1.1.2 exposed MySQL database passwords on process commandline, allowing local attackers to access or corrupt the RMT database.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-yast2-rmt

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