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SUSE: CVE-2016-1601: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-1601: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/25/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/26/2016
Modified
08/10/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-yast2-users
  • suse-upgrade-yast2-users-devel-doc

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