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CVE-2015-8946
CVE-2015-8946
PUBLISHED
CVSS 3.299999952316284 LOW
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.
EPSS 0.35% · 28.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
3.299999952316284
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.35%
28.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 15.10, 16.04 |
| n/a | n/a | * |
| ecryptfs | ecryptfs-utils | 0 |
Timeline
- Jul 22, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 17, 2022 CVE Updated
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 31, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 24, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 10, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/857 url
- [oss-security] 20160714 Re: CVE Requests: Information exposure caused by ecryptfs-setup-swap failures mailing-list
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8946 advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2 url
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1 url