CVE-2017-9271

Publication date 1 March 2018

Last updated 11 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.0 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The commandline package update tool zypper writes HTTP proxy credentials into its logfile, allowing local attackers to gain access to proxies used.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
zypper 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
25.04 plucky Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes


ebarretto

No fix available as of 2020-12-28.

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 4.0 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N


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