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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0037
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (3)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
15.10
ecryptfs/ecryptfs-utils
< 110
Published
Jul 22, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026