Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 26, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

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.

Affected products

SUSE S.A./Yast2
cpe:2.3:o:suse:yast2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00051.htmlnvd
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00007.htmlnvd
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvd
build.opensuse.org/request/show/388020nvd

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