CVE-2016-4484 — Improper Authentication in Project Cryptsetup

CWE-287 — Improper AuthenticationCWE-391 — Unchecked Error Condition8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 35.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Cryptsetup Project Cryptsetup
Timeline
PublishedJan 23
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiancryptsetup_project/cryptsetup< 2:1.7.3-2+3

Patches

Patch: gitlab.com ↗Patch: gitlab.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-gv5v-vgx2-hgvr: The Debian initrd script for the cryptsetup package 2:1↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4484: The Debian initrd script for the cryptsetup package 2:1↗2017-01-23
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OSV
CVE-2016-4484: The Debian initrd script for the cryptsetup package 2:1↗2017-01-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
dracut: Brute force attack on LUKS password decryption via initramfs↗2016-11-14
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Debian
CVE-2016-4484: cryptsetup - The Debian initrd script for the cryptsetup package 2:1.7.3-2 and earlier allows...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4484 dracut: Brute force attack on LUKS password decryption via initramfs↗2016-11-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4484 dracut: Incorrect error handling when checking password [fedora-all]↗2016-11-15
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