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CVE-2015-8946

Date: July 22, 2016

ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs before 111 does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning and certain versions of systemd, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8946
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/857
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8946
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8946

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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