Description
ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning on a (1) NVMe or (2) MMC drive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8946.
Affected products
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References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154 ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/ ↗
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882 ↗