Security Advisory
CVE-2016-1601
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
April 26, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory