Information Exposure Affecting ecryptfs-utils package, versions <75-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-ECRYPTFSUTILS-597614
  • published9 Jun 2009
  • disclosed9 Jun 2009

Introduced: 9 Jun 2009

CVE-2009-1296  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 ecryptfs-utils to version 75-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ecryptfs-utils package and not the ecryptfs-utils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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