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.
Published: 2016-07-22
Score: 3.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7155 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3032-1 eCryptfs vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-utils
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.776Z

Reserved: 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6224

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-07-22T14:59:01.787

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6224

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-07-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6224 - Bugzilla

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