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CVE-2016-1601

yast2-users before 3.1.47, as used in SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1, does not properly set empty password fields in /etc/shadow during an AutoYaST installation when the profile does not contain inst-sys users, which might allow attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Published

2016-04-26T14:59:00.127

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-255

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	suse	yast2	*	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	12	No
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	12	No
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	12	No

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00051.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00007.html ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974220 ([email protected])
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/388020 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00051.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00007.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974220 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/388020 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)