CVE-2016-6224

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Low 3.3
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6224
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-07-22T14:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T01:33:59
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:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 110
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
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
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882
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://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6224
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6224
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:04:24 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:37:22 2016-07-22T14:59Z 2016-07-22T14:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:37:22 2017-08-08T01:33:59 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:37:22 Modified Vulnerability Status updated