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CVE-2016-6224

ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning on a (1) NVMe or (2) MMC drive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8946.

Published

2016-07-22T14:59:01.787

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 3.3 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ecryptfs	ecryptfs-utils	≤ 110	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.10	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882 ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154 ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282 ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/ ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)