PT-2008-4604 · Suse · Zypper

Published 2008-07-21 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-3187

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: SUSE openSUSE versions 10.2 through 11.0

Description: The issue allows remote repositories to cause a denial of service, specifically package data corruption, via a spoofed key, as the zypp-refresh-patches in zypper does not ask the user before accepting repository keys.

Recommendations: For SUSE openSUSE versions 10.2 through 11.0, consider disabling the automatic acceptance of repository keys in zypper to prevent potential package data corruption until a proper fix is applied.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3187

Affected Products

Zypper

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3187 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31167 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30293 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43922 · Note