CVE-2015-8946
N/A
Published: July 22, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxEcryptfs Utils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v ≤ 110
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/857x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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