Executive Summary

Summary
Title eCryptfs vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3032-1 First vendor Publication 2016-07-14
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2016-07-14
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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 15.10

Summary:

eCryptfs could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description: - ecryptfs-utils: eCryptfs cryptographic filesystem utilities

Details:

It was discovered that eCryptfs incorrectly configured the encrypted swap partition for certain drive types. An attacker could use this issue to discover sensitive information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
ecryptfs-utils 111-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 15.10:
ecryptfs-utils 108-0ubuntu1.2

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3032-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1597154

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/111-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/108-0ubuntu1.2

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 27
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-11-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-70b5173c05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-41301e2187.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3032-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2016-07-27 21:21:39
  • Multiple Updates
2016-07-22 21:26:50
  • Multiple Updates
2016-07-18 13:25:14
  • Multiple Updates
2016-07-15 05:21:59
  • First insertion