ubuntu-cve-2016-6224
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-07-22 14:59
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ecryptfs-utils",
            "binary_version": "111-0ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libecryptfs1",
            "binary_version": "111-0ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-ecryptfs",
            "binary_version": "111-0ubuntu1.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "ecryptfs-utils",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ecryptfs-utils@111-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "111-0ubuntu1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "108-0ubuntu1",
        "109-0ubuntu1",
        "110-0ubuntu1",
        "111-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6224",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:01Z",
  "published": "2016-07-22T14:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6224"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3032-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6224"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3032-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-6224"
  ]
}



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