CVE-2016-5746 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00032.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93169 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986971 https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/162 https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/163 https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage-ng/pull/123 https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/223 https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/224 https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/226 https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/227

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.1