CVE-2016-4484

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-01-23

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected products

• Cryptsetup (Cryptsetup Project)

References

• http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2016-4484/CVE-2016-4484_cryptsetup_initrd_shell.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/13
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94315
• https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/commit/ef8a7d82d8d3716ae9b58179590f7908981fa0cb