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CVE-2014-9687

eCryptfs 104 and earlier uses a default salt to encrypt the mount passphrase, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain user passwords via a brute force attack.

Published

2015-03-16T14:59:00.067

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-255

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ecryptfs	ecryptfs-utils	≤ 104	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.html ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/16 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/17/7 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/28/3 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2524-1 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/906550 Exploit ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/10/16 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/17/7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/28/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2524-1 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/906550 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)