Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-6224

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: Jul 22, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-6224
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.3
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
ecryptfs / ecryptfs-utils - 110.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 15.10 15.10.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 14.04 14.04.x