CVE-2016-6224 (GCVE-0-2016-6224)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-07-22 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22
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Summary
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
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2016-07-06 00:00
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