UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4484

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4484

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4484.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4484

Upstream

CVE-2016-4484

Published

2017-01-23T21:59:00Z

Modified

2026-04-22T10:44:11.493108Z

Severity

6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - low

Summary

[none]

Details

The Debian initrd script for the cryptsetup package 2:1.7.3-2 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to gain shell access via many log in attempts with an invalid password.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / cryptsetup

Package

Name: cryptsetup
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/cryptsetup@2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.4.3-4ubuntu4

2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "cryptsetup"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "cryptsetup-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libcryptsetup4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4484.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / cryptsetup