What is CVE-2018-17957?

CVE-2018-17957 is a low-severity vulnerability in Suse Yast2-rmt, classified under CWE-214. CVSS score: 3.4/10. Published 2018-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-17957?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Suse Yast2-rmt

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.

EPSS: 0.000 (14.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.4 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Suse Yast2-rmt — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-214

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00068.html (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17957?: CVE-2018-17957 is a low-severity vulnerability in Suse Yast2-rmt, classified under CWE-214. CVSS score: 3.4/10. Published 2018-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-17957?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.4 out of 10.