SUSE-SU-2016:0241-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:0241-1

    Published: 25 Jan 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for ecryptfs-utils

    Details: This update for ecryptfs-utils fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-1572: A local user could have escalated privileges by mounting over special filesystems (bsc#962052) - CVE-2014-9687: A default salt value reduced complexity of offline precomputation attacks (bsc#920160)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160241-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/920160, https://bugzilla.suse.com/962052, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9687, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1572

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ecryptfs-utils

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -103-7.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High