Insecure Passphrase File Creation in ecryptfs-utils

CVE-2011-1835 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The encrypted private-directory setup process in utils/ecryptfs-setup-private in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly ensure that the passphrase file is created, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions at a certain time in the new-user creation steps.

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