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CVE-2016-4484

Date: January 23, 2017

The Debian initrd script for the cryptsetup package 2:1.7.3-2 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to gain shell access via many log in attempts with an invalid password.

Language: Unix

Severity Score

6.8

Related Resources (12)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4484

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/13

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4484

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94315

Url: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/commit/ef8a7d82d8d3716ae9b58179590f7908981fa0cb

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4484

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4484

Url: http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2016-4484/CVE-2016-4484_cryptsetup_initrd_shell.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/6

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/4

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-4484

Severity Score

6.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Authentication Issues

CWE-287

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.8
Attack Vector (AV):	PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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