Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 22, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8946
CVE-2015-8946
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.
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Affected products
11cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ecryptfs:ecryptfs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=110
- (no CPE)range: <111
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ecryptfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3
< 103-8.3.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 103-8.3.1
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