Upstream information

CVE-2016-5746 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 1.2 4.7
Vector AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local Local
Access Complexity High High
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Partial Complete
Integrity Impact None Partial
Availability Impact None None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.1
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 984245 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 986971 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • yast2-storage-devel >= 2.17.161-5.1
Patchnames:
sdksp4-yast2-storage-12756
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • libstorage-devel >= 2.25.35.1-3.1
  • libstorage-ruby >= 2.25.35.1-3.1
  • libstorage6 >= 2.25.35.1-3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1292
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1292
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • yast2-storage >= 2.17.161-5.1
  • yast2-storage-devel >= 2.17.161-5.1
  • yast2-storage-lib >= 2.17.161-5.1
Patchnames:
sdksp4-yast2-storage-12756
slessp4-yast2-storage-12756
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • libstorage-devel >= 2.25.35.1-3.1
  • libstorage-ruby >= 2.25.35.1-3.1
  • libstorage6 >= 2.25.35.1-3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1292
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1292
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
  • libstorage-ruby >= 2.25.16.1-3.1
  • libstorage5 >= 2.25.16.1-3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-1378
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • libstorage-ruby >= 2.25.16.1-3.1
  • libstorage5 >= 2.25.16.1-3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2016-1378
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
  • libstorage-devel >= 2.25.35.1-3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1292


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS libstorage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS yast2-storage Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 libstorage-ng Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS libstorage-ng Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS libstorage-ng Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL libstorage Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS libstorage-ng Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 libstorage-ng Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 yast2-storage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 yast2-storage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 libstorage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 yast2-storage Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 libstorage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 yast2-storage Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 libstorage Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 libstorage-ng Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 libstorage-ng Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 yast2-storage Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS yast2-storage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS yast2-storage Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 yast2-storage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS yast2-storage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS yast2-storage Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 yast2-storage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS yast2-storage Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS yast2-storage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 libstorage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 yast2-storage Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 libstorage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 yast2-storage Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS libstorage Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS yast2-storage Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 libstorage Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS libstorage Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS libstorage Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 libstorage-ng Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS libstorage-ng Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 libstorage Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 yast2-storage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 yast2-storage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 libstorage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 yast2-storage Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 libstorage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 yast2-storage Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 libstorage Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 yast2-storage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 yast2-storage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 libstorage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 yast2-storage Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 libstorage Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 yast2-storage Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 libstorage Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 libstorage Already fixed


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jun 30 11:30:47 2016
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:11:47 2023