CVE-2016-6224 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1 https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

3.3