Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | eCryptfs vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2524-1 | First vendor Publication | 2015-03-11 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2015-03-11 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Sensitive information in encrypted home and Private directories could be exposed if an attacker gained access to your files. Software Description: - ecryptfs-utils: eCryptfs cryptographic filesystem utilities Details: Sylvain Pelissier discovered that eCryptfs did not generate a random salt when encrypting the mount passphrase with the login password. An attacker could use this issue to discover the login password used to protect the mount passphrase and gain unintended access to the encrypted files. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.10: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to log out of all sessions and then log back in to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2524-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-255 | Credentials Management |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2016-02-03 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-02-01 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-0290-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-01-27 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-0241-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-11 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-2524-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2015-03-17 00:28:24 |
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| 2015-03-16 21:30:02 |
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| 2015-03-12 13:24:22 |
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| 2015-03-11 05:21:53 |
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