FKIE_CVE-2006-6662

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-12-20 23:28 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:33
Severity
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Linux User Management (novell-lum) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 and Open Enterprise Server 9, under unspecified conditions, allows local users to log in to the console without a password.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23409Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23409Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
suse suse_open_enterprise_server 9
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 10
suse suse_linux 10
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