Access Restriction Bypass Affecting ecryptfs-utils package, versions <103-5+deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-ECRYPTFSUTILS-341214
  • published22 Jan 2016
  • disclosed22 Jan 2016

Introduced: 22 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-1572  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 ecryptfs-utils to version 103-5+deb8u1 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

mount.ecryptfs_private.c in eCryptfs-utils does not validate mount destination filesystem types, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting over a nonstandard filesystem, as demonstrated by /proc/$pid.

CVSS Scores

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