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Ubuntu 9.04 : ecryptfs-utils vulnerability (USN-783-1)
low Nessus Plugin ID 39336
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Chris Jones discovered that the eCryptfs support utilities would report the mount passphrase into installation logs when an eCryptfs home directory was selected during Ubuntu installation. The logs are only readable by the root user, but this still left the mount passphrase unencrypted on disk, potentially leading to a loss of privacy.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected ecryptfs-utils, libecryptfs-dev and / or libecryptfs0 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 39336
File Name: ubuntu_USN-783-1.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 6/9/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 1.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ecryptfs-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecryptfs-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecryptfs0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1296