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CVE-2016-4484

medium

Description

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/13

https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/commit/ef8a7d82d8d3716ae9b58179590f7908981fa0cb

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94315

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-23

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00504