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CVE-2015-8946
ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs before 111 does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT…
Low3.3EPSS 0.35%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- [oss-security] 20160714 Re: CVE Requests: Information exposure caused by ecryptfs-setup-swap failures (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160713 CVE Requests: Information exposure caused by ecryptfs-setup-swap failures (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/857 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3032-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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