CVE-2016-4484 (GCVE-0-2016-4484)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-23 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:32
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2016-4484/CVE-2016-4484_cryptsetup_initrd_shell.html Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94315
cve@mitre.org https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/commit/ef8a7d82d8d3716ae9b58179590f7908981fa0cb Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2016-4484/CVE-2016-4484_cryptsetup_initrd_shell.html Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94315
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/commit/ef8a7d82d8d3716ae9b58179590f7908981fa0cb Patch
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