PT-2018-14298 · Suse · Yast2 Rmt+1

Johannes Segitz · Published 2018-12-20 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-17957

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions YaST2 RMT module versions prior to 1.1.2

Description The issue allows local attackers to access or corrupt the RMT database by exposing MySQL database passwords on the process command line.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.2, update to version 1.1.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the RMT database to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-214

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-17957

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_4272-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11534-1

SUSE-SU-2018:4209-1

SUSE-SU-2018_4209-1

Affected Products

Suse

Yast2 Rmt

References · 14

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117602 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11534-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17957 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:4209-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/BQNF2CRKYSD2P46SDDMDGVGMO7VYXI7Z · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17957.html · Note
• http://lists.suse.com/mailman/listinfo/sle-security-updates · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17957 · Note
• https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2018-December/004991.html · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20105 · Note
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00068.html · Note
• https://suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20184209-1 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117602 · Note