Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-5746
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 18.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.1
CVSS v2 Score 1.2
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00032.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93169
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986971
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage-ng/pull/123
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/162
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/163
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/223
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/224
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/226
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/227
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00032.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93169
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986971
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage-ng/pull/123
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/162
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/163
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/223
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/224
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/226
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/227
Products affected by CVE-2016-5746
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cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:libstorage-ng:-
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cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:libstorage:-
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cpe:2.3:a:yast:yast-storage:-
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cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1