CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-6224

3.3 LOW Published 2016-07-22 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-07-22
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
3.3 LOW — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20

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.

Affected configurations

• ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils (<= 110) • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References