CVE - CVE-2015-8946

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8946	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs before 111 does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning and certain versions of systemd, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
References
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CONFIRM:https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/857 CONFIRM:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282 MLIST:[oss-security] 20160713 CVE Requests: Information exposure caused by ecryptfs-setup-swap failures URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20160714 Re: CVE Requests: Information exposure caused by ecryptfs-setup-swap failures URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3 UBUNTU:USN-3032-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160714	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160714)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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