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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2132-1 libzypp -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

03 Mar 2020

Affected Packages:

libzypp

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-18900.

More information:

It was discovered that there was an issue where incorrect default permissions on a HTTP cookie store could have allowed local attackers to read private credentials in libzypp, a package management library that powers applications like YaST, zypper and the openSUSE/SLE implementation of PackageKit

• CVE-2019-18900

  Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in libzypp of SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allowed local attackers to read a cookie store used by libzypp, exposing private cookies. This issue affects: SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 libzypp versions prior to 16.21.2-27.68.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 libzypp versions prior to 16.21.2-2.45.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 17.19.0-3.34.1.

For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 14.29.1-2+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libzypp packages.

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