UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9687

eCryptfs 104 and earlier uses a default salt to encrypt the mount passphrase, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain user passwords via a brute force attack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ecryptfs-utils

Package

Name: ecryptfs-utils
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ecryptfs-utils@104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3

Affected versions

Other

103-0ubuntu2

104-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ecryptfs-utils",
            "binary_version": "104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecryptfs-dev",
            "binary_version": "104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libecryptfs0",
            "binary_version": "104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-ecryptfs",
            "binary_version": "104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3"
        }
    ]
}