Vulnerability CVE-2009-1296


Published: 2009-06-09   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
The eCryptfs support utilities (ecryptfs-utils) 73-0ubuntu6.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 stores the mount passphrase in installation logs, which might allow local users to obtain access to the filesystem by reading the log files from disk. NOTE: the log files are only readable by root.

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.9/10
2.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Ubuntu -> 73-oubuntu 
Ubuntu -> Ubuntu 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/51191
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-783-1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022347
http://secunia.com/advisories/35383

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