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CVE-2016-1601

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.454

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
SUSE-SU-2016:1138-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 ) yast2-users-3.1.41.3-9.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2016:1138-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 ) yast2-users-debuginfo-3.1.41.3-9.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2016:1138-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 ) yast2-users-debugsource-3.1.41.3-9.1.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234