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SUSE: CVE-2016-6224: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-6224: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/22/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/04/2018
Modified
06/20/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-ecryptfs-utils
  • suse-upgrade-ecryptfs-utils-32bit

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:0336-1
  • USN-3032-1
  • CVE-2016-6224

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