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CVE-2018-7685
libzypp does not reevaluate malicious rpms once downloaded
High7.8EPSS 0.30%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
The decoupled download and installation steps in libzypp before 17.5.0 could lead to a corrupted RPM being left in the cache, where a later call would not display the corrupted RPM warning and allow installation, a problem caused by malicious warnings only displayed during download.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
References (3)
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1091624 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2018-7685/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2018-August/004510.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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