CVE-2018-12467 delete package via link exploit in open buildservice
Medium 6.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-12467 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2018-12467 is a medium-severity vulnerability in opensuse openbuildservice, published on 1 Aug 2018.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12467 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: opensuse openbuildservice. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12467/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12467/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-12467?
CVE-2018-12467 is a medium-severity vulnerability in opensuse openbuildservice, published on 1 Aug 2018.
Official description
Authorized users of the openbuildservice before 2.9.4 could delete packages by using a malicious request against projects having the OBS:InitializeDevelPackage attribute, a similar issue to CVE-2018-7689.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12467?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opensuse Open Build Service.
How do I fix CVE-2018-12467?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2018-12467 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12467 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in opensuse openbuildservice
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12467, GHSA-24pm-f3f4-m533, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12467.