Improper Authentication Affecting cryptsetup/cryptsetup package, versions [,2.2.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CRYPTSETUPCRYPTSETUP-2374186
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-4484  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade cryptsetup/cryptsetup to version 2.2.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. The Debian initrd script for the cryptsetup package 2:1.7.3-2 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to gain shell access via many log in attempts with an invalid password.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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