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CVE-2016-1601 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00051.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00007.html CVE
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974220 CVE
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/388020 CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00051.html [email protected]

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-255Credentials Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
suse yast2
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:yast2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise desktop
12 sp1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise server
12 sp1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise software development kit
12 sp1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1601
NVD Published Date:
Apr 26, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-1601 Details - Not Deferred