CVE-2018-17957

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - security@opentext.com

Published

2018-12-26

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-214, CWE-287

Affected products

• Repository Mirroring Tool (Suse)
• Yast2-rmt (Suse)

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117602
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00068.html