CVE-2016-6224 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Ecryptfs-utils

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information ExposureCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents7 sources
Severity
3.3LOWNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utilsCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Ecryptfs-utils
Timeline
PublishedJul 22
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Ubuntuecryptfs/ecryptfs-utils< 111-0ubuntu1.1

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 15.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q38r-hcf4-gx69: ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning on a (1) NVMe↗2022-05-17
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OSV
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↗2016-07-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
eCryptfs vulnerability↗2016-07-14
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Red Hat
ecryptfs-utils: ecryptfs-setup-swap improperly configures encrypted swap when using GPT partitioning on a NVMe or MMC drive↗2016-07-06
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Debian
CVE-2016-6224: ecryptfs-utils - ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition ...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6224 ecryptfs-utils: ecryptfs-setup-swap improperly configures encrypted swap when using GPT partitioning on a NVMe or MMC drive↗2016-07-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8946 CVE-2016-6224 ecryptfs-utils: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-07-15
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CVE-2016-6224 — Sensitive Information Exposure | cvebase