PT-2016-4866 · Canonical+1 · Ecryptfs-Utils+2

Jann Horn + 1 · Published 2016-01-20 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-1572

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.4

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ecryptfs-utils (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation for mount destination filesystem types in mount.ecryptfs private.c, allowing local users to gain privileges. This can be achieved by mounting over a nonstandard filesystem, such as /proc/$pid.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1572

DLA-397-1

DSA-3450-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10118-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0241-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0290-1

USN-2876-1

Affected Products

Suse

Ubuntu

Ecryptfs-Utils

References · 37

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2876-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1572 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00091.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:0241-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1572 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2876-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1572 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1572 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177359.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:0290-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10118-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1530566 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1572 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3450-1 · Vendor Advisory