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CVE-2016-6224
Published: Jul 22, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20160714 Re: CVE Requests: Information exposure caused by ecryptfs-setup-swap failures
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20160713 CVE Requests: Information exposure caused by ecryptfs-setup-swap failures
mailing-list
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
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USN-3032-1
vendor-advisory
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154
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FEDORA-2016-41301e2187
vendor-advisory
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https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882
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