CVE-2008-5188 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-5188
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Description: The (1) ecryptfs-setup-private, (2) ecryptfs-setup-confidential, and (3) ecryptfs-setup-pam-wrapped.sh scripts in ecryptfs-utils 45 through 61 in eCryptfs place cleartext passwords on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46073 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA32382 OSVDB 49334 50353 50354 50355 MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/7 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/23/3 CONFIRM http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mhalcrow/ecryptfs-utils.git;a=commit;h=06de99afd53f03fe07eda0ad9d61ac6d5d4d9f53

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