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CVE-2016-4484

The Debian initrd script for the cryptsetup package 2:1.7.3-2 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to gain shell access via many log in attempts with an invalid password.

Published

2017-01-23T21:59:01.533

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-287

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	cryptsetup_project	cryptsetup	≤ 2.1.7.3-2	Yes

References

http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2016-4484/CVE-2016-4484_cryptsetup_initrd_shell.html Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94315 ([email protected])
https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/commit/ef8a7d82d8d3716ae9b58179590f7908981fa0cb Patch ([email protected])
http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2016-4484/CVE-2016-4484_cryptsetup_initrd_shell.html Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94315 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/commit/ef8a7d82d8d3716ae9b58179590f7908981fa0cb Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)