CVE-2015-8946

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Low 3.3
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8946
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-07-22T14:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-07-27T15:46:05
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 110
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.3
  • Base Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/857
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8946
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8946
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:14:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:37:20 2016-07-22T14:59Z 2016-07-22T14:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:37:20 2016-07-27T15:46:05 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:37:20 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated