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SUSE-SU-2016:0290-1 Not scored

Security update for ecryptfs-utils

This update for ecryptfs-utils fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-1572: A local user could have escalated privileges by mounting over special filesystems (bsc#962052) - CVE-2014-9687: A default salt value reduced complexity of offline precomputation attacks (bsc#920160)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published January 30, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 ecryptfs-utils
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 ecryptfs-utils
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ecryptfs-utils
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA ecryptfs-utils
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ecryptfs-utils
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 ecryptfs-utils
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 ecryptfs-utils

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2016:0290-1

This update for ecryptfs-utils fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-1572: A local user could have escalated privileges by mounting over special filesystems (bsc#962052) - CVE-2014-9687: A default salt value reduced complexity of offline precomputation attacks (bsc#920160)

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence