CVE-2011-3177: yast yast2
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2011-3177 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in yast yast2. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 08-09-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The YaST2 network created files with world readable permissions which could have allowed local users to read sensitive material out of network configuration files, like passwords for wireless networks.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
0.31%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
24%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.31% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Opensuse1 product
- yast2&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 3.2.7-1.1
Yast1 product
- yast2na
2 vendors · 2 products
References
3 links- github.com/yast/yast-core/commit/7fe2e3df308b8b6a901cb2cfd60f398df53219deX Refsource CONFIRMThird Party Advisory