CVE-2009-1296 Information

Description

The eCryptfs support utilities (ecryptfs-utils) 73-0ubuntu6.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 stores the mount passphrase in installation logs which might allow local users to obtain access to the filesystem by reading the log files from disk. NOTE: the log files are only readable by root.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/35383 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022347 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-783-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51191