CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4484
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
The Debian initrd script for the cryptsetup package 2:1.7.3-2 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to gain shell access via many log in attempts with an invalid password.
Affected configurations
• cryptsetup project cryptsetup (<= 2.1.7.3-2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2016-4484/CVE-2016-4484_cryptsetup_initrd_shell.html Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94315 www.securityfocus.com
- https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/commit/ef8a7d82d8d3716ae9b58179590f7908981fa0cb Patch
- http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2016-4484/CVE-2016-4484_cryptsetup_initrd_shell.html Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94315 www.securityfocus.com
- https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/commit/ef8a7d82d8d3716ae9b58179590f7908981fa0cb Patch