VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-5746
libstorage, libstorage-ng, and yast-storage improperly store passphrases for encrypted storage devices in a temporary file on disk, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file, as demonstrated by…
MEDIUM 5.1EPSS 0.50%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
libstorage, libstorage-ng, and yast-storage improperly store passphrases for encrypted storage devices in a temporary file on disk, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file, as demonstrated by /tmp/libstorage-XXXXXX/pwdf.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.50% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- opensuse/libstorage · opensuse/libstorage-ng · yast/yast-storage · opensuse/leap
- Source
- security@opentext.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00032.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93169
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986971
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage-ng/pull/123
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/162
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/163
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/223
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/224
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/226
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/227
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00032.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93169
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986971
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage-ng/pull/123
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/162
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/163
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/223
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/224
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/226
- https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/227
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.