First published: Thu Mar 01 2018(Updated: )
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.
Credit: meissner@suse.de
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Opensuse Libzypp |
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CVE-2017-9269 is a vulnerability in libzypp that allowed malicious repository mirrors to silently downgrade to unsigned repositories with potential malicious content.
CVE-2017-9269 has a severity rating of 9.8 (critical).
Opensuse Libzypp is affected by CVE-2017-9269.
To fix CVE-2017-9269, it is recommended to update libzypp to a version released after August 2018.
You can find more information about CVE-2017-9269 at the following references: - [Bugzilla SUSE](https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045735) - [OpenSUSE Security Announce](https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-08/msg00002.html) - [SUSE CVE](https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9269/)