What is CVE-2011-3177?

CVE-2011-3177 is a high-severity vulnerability in Yast Yast2, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2011-3177?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Yast Yast2

CVE-2011-3177

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.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-09-08 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Yast Yast2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

github.com/yast/yast-core/commit/7fe2e3df308b8b6a901cb2cfd60f398df53219de (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-3177?: CVE-2011-3177 is a high-severity vulnerability in Yast Yast2, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2011-3177?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.