UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6224

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6224

    Published: 22 Jul 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-6224
    Aliases:
    USN-3032-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6224, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3032-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6224

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ecryptfs-utils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -111-0ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    108-0ubuntu1

    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
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