CVE-2016-6224
low
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
34%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6224
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6224.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ecryptfs | ecryptfs-utils | {"endIncluding":"110"} | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/882
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1597154
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5WWCVHDLRLZTYMXEIONYFHLYAXXLJW3/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6224.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6224
CWEs
CWE-20
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.