CVE-2016-1601
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 12 | not-affected | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00007.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974220
- https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/388020
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00007.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974220
- https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/388020
CWEs
CWE-255
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.