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CVE-2016-6224

Date: July 22, 2016

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.

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Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6224
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6224
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6224

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

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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