CVE-2016-5746 (GCVE-0-2016-5746)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-26 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:07
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-09-08 00:00
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