SUSE-SU-2021:0109-1

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    SUSE-SU-2021:0109-1

    Published: 13 Jan 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9271
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-9271

    Summary: Security update for libzypp, zypper

    Details: This update for libzypp, zypper fixes the following issues: Update zypper to version 1.14.41 Update libzypp to 17.25.4 - CVE-2017-9271: Fixed information leak in the log file (bsc#1050625 bsc#1177583) - RepoManager: Force refresh if repo url has changed (bsc#1174016) - RepoManager: Carefully tidy up the caches. Remove non-directory entries. (bsc#1178966) - RepoInfo: ignore legacy type= in a .repo file and let RepoManager probe (bsc#1177427). - RpmDb: If no database exists use the _dbpath configured in rpm. Still makes sure a compat symlink at /var/lib/rpm exists in case the configures _dbpath is elsewhere. (bsc#1178910) - Fixed update of gpg keys with elongated expire date (bsc#179222) - needreboot: remove udev from the list (bsc#1179083) - Fix lsof monitoring (bsc#1179909) yast-installation was updated to 4.2.48: - Do not cleanup the libzypp cache when the system has low memory, incomplete cache confuses libzypp later (bsc#1179415)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20210109-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050625, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174016, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177238, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177275, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177427, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177583, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178910, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178966, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179083, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179222, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179415, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179909, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9271

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libzypp

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libzypp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Installer%20Updates%2015%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -17.25.5-3.25.6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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