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Fedora 23: ecryptfs-utils Security Update Moderate Risk: Swap Config Issue

fedora
Calendar Grey November 1, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The Fedora 23 ecryptfs-utils update addresses vulnerabilities in encrypted swap setups, urging users to ensure secure configurations and protect sensitive data
- ecryptfs-utils updated to 111 - fix ecryptfs-setup-swap improperly configures encrypted swap when using GPT partitioning on a NVMe or MMC drive (CVE-2016-6224, rhbz#1356828)

Summary

eCryptfs is a stacked cryptographic filesystem that ships in Linux

kernel versions 2.6.19 and above. This package provides the mount

helper and supporting libraries to perform key management and mount

functions.

Install ecryptfs-utils if you would like to mount eCryptfs.

Update Information:

- ecryptfs-utils updated to 111 - fix ecryptfs-setup-swap improperly configures encrypted swap when using GPT partitioning on a NVMe or MMC drive (CVE-2016-6224, rhbz#1356828)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora configuration issue moderate risk ecryptfs-utils

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1356826 - CVE-2015-8946 CVE-2016-6224 ecryptfs-utils: various flaws [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1356826

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade ecryptfs-utils' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Name: ecryptfs-utils
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 111
Release: 1.fc23
URL: https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs
Summary: The eCryptfs mount helper and support libraries

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora configuration issue moderate risk ecryptfs-utils

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