FKIE_CVE-2011-3172

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-08 13:29 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:32
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability in pam_modules of SUSE Linux Enterprise allows attackers to log into accounts that should have been disabled. Affected releases are SUSE Linux Enterprise: versions prior to 12.
References
security@opentext.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707645
security@opentext.comhttps://build.opensuse.org/request/show/80346
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707645
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/80346
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
suse suse_linux_enterprise_server *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:32:47.933",
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