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CVE-2016-6224
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Low
- Base Score
- 2.1/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- Low
- Base Score
- 3.3/10
- Exploit Score
- 1.8/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- Low
- Impact Score
- 1.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Low
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org