CVE-2017-9271 describes a low-severity vulnerability in the zypper command-line update tool, affecting Fedora and openSUSE distributions, where HTTP proxy credentials are inadvertently written to log files. This allows local attackers with low privileges to potentially access the configured proxies. While the CVSS score is 3.3 (LOW), indicating limited impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:zypper:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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