CVE-2011-1836 (GCVE-0-2011-1836)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-02-15 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:37
VLAI
Summary
utils/ecryptfs-recover-private in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not establish a subdirectory with safe permissions, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions via standard filesystem operations during the recovery process.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+download x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729465 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1188-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2011-08-09 00:00
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