What is CVE-2019-18905?

CVE-2019-18905 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Autoyast2, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-04-03.

How severe is CVE-2019-18905?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in openSUSE Autoyast2

CVE-2019-18905

A Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in autoyast2 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows remote attackers to MITM connections when deprecated and unused functionality of autoyast is used to create images. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 autoyast2 version 4.1.9-3.9.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 autoyast2 version 4.0.70-3.20.1 and prior versions.

EPSS: 0.007 (51.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Opensuse Autoyast2
Suse Linux_enterprise_server — versions 12, 15
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 — versions autoyast2
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 — versions autoyast2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-345 — Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

meissner@suse.de (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
meissner@suse.de (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18905?: CVE-2019-18905 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Autoyast2, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-04-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-18905?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.