CVE-2016-6224
LOW severity · CVSS 3.3 · Improper input validation
3.3CVSS LOW
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1Advisory
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/