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CVE-2016-5746
Published: Sep 26, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
libstorage, libstorage-ng, and yast-storage improperly store passphrases for encrypted storage devices in a temporary file on disk, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file, as demonstrated by /tmp/libstorage-XXXXXX/pwdf.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/162
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https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/224
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https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/226
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https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986971
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https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/227
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https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage-ng/pull/123
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openSUSE-SU-2016:2264
vendor-advisory
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93169
vdb-entry
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https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/223
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https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/163
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