CVE-2015-8946 - CVE House

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Status published Low CVE-2015-8946

ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs before 111 does not prevent the unencrypted...

3.3 CVSS

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

canonical

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Affected Software

ubuntu linux, ecryptfs-utils

Vulnerable Versions:

15.10, 16.04, 0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 22nd, 2016

Last Modified: August 6th, 2024

Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.