FKIE_CVE-2011-1835

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-02-15 14:57 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:30
Severity
Summary
The encrypted private-directory setup process in utils/ecryptfs-setup-private in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly ensure that the passphrase file is created, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions at a certain time in the new-user creation steps.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00009.html
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1188-1
security@ubuntu.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729465Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+download
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00009.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1188-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729465Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+download
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils *
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 62
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 63
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 64
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 65
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 66
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 67
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 68
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 69
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 70
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 71
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 72
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 73
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 74
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 75
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 76
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 77
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 78
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 79
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 80
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 81
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 82
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 83
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 84
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 85
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 86
ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 87
ecryptfs ecryptfs_utils 58
ecryptfs ecryptfs_utils 59
ecryptfs ecryptfs_utils 60
ecryptfs ecryptfs_utils 61
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