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SUSE: CVE-2015-8946: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-8946: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/22/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/04/2018
Modified
06/21/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-ecryptfs-utils
  • suse-upgrade-ecryptfs-utils-32bit

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:0336-1
  • USN-3032-1
  • CVE-2015-8946

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