CVE-2015-8946

low

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.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282

https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/857

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-07-22

Updated: 2016-07-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low