UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7436

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7436
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7436.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7436
Upstream
Published
2018-03-01T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:11Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In libzypp before 20170803 it was possible to retrieve unsigned packages without a warning to the user which could lead to man in the middle or malicious servers to inject malicious RPM packages into a users system.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libzypp

Package

Name
libzypp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libzypp@15.3.0-1build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

15.*

15.3.0-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp",
            "binary_version": "15.3.0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-bin",
            "binary_version": "15.3.0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-common",
            "binary_version": "15.3.0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-config",
            "binary_version": "15.3.0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-dev",
            "binary_version": "15.3.0-1build1"
        }
    ]
}