CVE-2016-1601 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8