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openSUSE Leap 15.0: 2018:4272-1 Important: Yast2-Rmt MySQL Authentication

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Calendar Grey December 23, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The latest openSUSE update enhances MySQL credential security by addressing vulnerability CVE-2018-17957 found in yast2-rmt.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for yast2-rmt to version 1.1.12 fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2018-17957: Secure MySQL credentials by not exposing them on the

command line (bsc#1117602)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update important openSUSE yast2-rmt MySQL credentials command line exposure

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1604=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

yast2-rmt-1.1.2-lp150.2.12.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17957.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117602

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:4272-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update important openSUSE yast2-rmt MySQL credentials command line exposure

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