# CVE-2019-18905: Deprecated functionality in autoyast2 automatically imports gpg keys without checking them

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-03 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: from autoyast2, through 4.1.9-3.9.1
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: from autoyast2, through 4.0.70-3.20.1

## Description

A Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in autoyast2 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows remote attackers to MITM connections when deprecated and unused functionality of autoyast is used to create images. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 autoyast2 version 4.1.9-3.9.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 autoyast2 version 4.0.70-3.20.1 and prior versions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140711
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00050.html

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