CVE-2008-5188

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-10-23
Bugzilla:
472524: CVE-2008-5188 ecryptfs-utils: potential provided password disclosure in the process table

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The (1) ecryptfs-setup-private, (2) ecryptfs-setup-confidential, and (3) ecryptfs-setup-pam-wrapped.sh scripts in ecryptfs-utils 45 through 61 in eCryptfs place cleartext passwords on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

Find out more about CVE-2008-5188 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (ecryptfs-utils) RHSA-2009:1307 2009-09-02

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