ghsa-q38r-hcf4-gx69
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 02:16
Modified
2025-04-12 13:02
Severity ?
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-6224"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-07-22T14:59:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-q38r-hcf4-gx69",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:02:50Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:16:23Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6224"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1"
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    }
  ]
}


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