CVE-2016-1601

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-255 Credentials Management

Publication date:

26/04/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.80

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

10.00

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:suse:yast2::::::::
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp1::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:suse:yast2::::::::
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp1::::::

CVE-2016-1601

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools