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Ubuntu 9.04 USN-783-1 Security Alert: Critical eCryptfs Privacy Issue

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Calendar Grey June 8, 2009
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
An urgent notice regarding Ubuntu 9.04 highlighting eCryptfs security issues and installation log vulnerabilities. Update immediately!
Chris Jones discovered that the eCryptfs support utilities wouldreport the mount passphrase into installation logs when an eCryptfshome directory was selected during Ubuntu install...

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security advisory security update critical privacy issue ubuntu ecryptfs installation logs

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ecryptfs-utils vulnerability

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