CVE-2011-1835

The encrypted private-directory setup process in utils/ecryptfs-setup-private in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly ensure that the passphrase file is created, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions at a certain time in the new-user creation steps.

🔗 References (8)

• security@ubuntuhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00009.html
• security@ubuntuhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1188-1
• security@ubuntuhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729465
• security@ubuntuhttps://launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+download
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00009.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1188-1
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729465
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+download