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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% · 28.0th 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%
28.0th 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 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 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