FS#47844 - [ecryptfs-utils] Critical local privilege escalation (CVE-2016-1572)

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Stefan Keller (lokutos) - Thursday, 21 January 2016, 10:57 GMT
Last edited by Timothy Redaelli (tredaelli) - Friday, 22 January 2016, 11:42 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Security
Status Closed
Assigned To Timothy Redaelli (tredaelli)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
A critical security issue allowing local privilege escalation (to root) has been found and fixed.
See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1530566
Fix in https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/870
New packages have been built for Ubuntu, so the Arch one is out of date.

Steps to reproduce:
See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1530566 for the exploit.
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Closed by  Timothy Redaelli (tredaelli)
Friday, 22 January 2016, 11:42 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Patch applied in 108-2
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Thursday, 21 January 2016, 20:10 GMT
I don't think you know what "out of date" means. 108 is still the latest release from what I can see.
Comment by Timothy Redaelli (tredaelli) - Friday, 22 January 2016, 11:42 GMT
They made a patch without releasing another version.

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