Improper Input Validation Affecting ecryptfs package, versions [,111)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ECRYPTFS-2374439
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Jul 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Jul 2016

CVE-2015-8946  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ecryptfs to version 111 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs before 111 does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning and certain versions of systemd, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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