CVE-2011-1835

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-08-09
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The encrypted private-directory setup process in utils/ecryptfs-setup-private in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly ensure that the passphrase file is created, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions at a certain time in the new-user creation steps.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.6
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (ecryptfs-utils)	ELSA-2011-1241	2011-08-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (ecryptfs-utils)	ELSA-2011-1241	2011-08-31