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Ubuntu: USN-3032-1: eCryptfs vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3032-1: eCryptfs vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/14/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/14/2016
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

It was discovered that eCryptfs incorrectly configured the encrypted swap partition for certain drive types. An attacker could use this issue to discover sensitive information.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ecryptfs-utils

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