CVE-2016-5746
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 26, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 23, 2016
Description
libstorage, libstorage-ng, and yast-storage improperly store passphrases for encrypted storage devices in a temporary file on disk, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file, as demonstrated by /tmp/libstorage-XXXXXX/pwdf.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/162
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/224
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/226
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986971
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/227
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage-ng/pull/123
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2264vendor-advisory
- 93169vdb-entry
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/223
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/163
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