CVE-2016-1601
N/A
Published: April 26, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorYAST2Linux Enterprise ServerLinux Enterprise Desktop
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
All versions
suse-linux-enterprise-desktop (environment) · suse-linux-enterprise-server (environment) · suse-linux-enterprise-software-development-kit (environment)
80%
All versions
80%
All versions
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00051.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00007.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-255
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