Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting ecryptfs package, versions [45,61]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ECRYPTFS-2374431
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed21 Nov 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Nov 2008

CVE-2008-5188  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-255  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for ecryptfs.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials. The (1) ecryptfs-setup-private, (2) ecryptfs-setup-confidential, and (3) ecryptfs-setup-pam-wrapped.sh scripts in ecryptfs-utils 45 through 61 in eCryptfs place cleartext passwords on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1