CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-1572
8.4 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-01-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
mount.ecryptfs_private.c in eCryptfs-utils does not validate mount destination filesystem types, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting over a nonstandard filesystem, as demonstrated by /proc/$pid.
Affected configurations
• ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils (< 109)
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.10
• opensuse leap 42.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.2
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• fedoraproject fedora 22
• fedoraproject fedora 23
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177359.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177396.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00091.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3450 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034791 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2876-1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/870 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1530566 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177359.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177396.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00091.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3450 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034791 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2876-1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/870 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1530566 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory