CVE-2016-6224 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-6224?

CVE-2016-6224 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 22 Jul 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning on a (1) NVMe or (2) MMC drive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8946.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6224?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-Utils.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6224?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-6224 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6224 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-q38r-hcf4-gx69, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6224, USN-3032-1.