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The Debian initrd script for the cryptsetup package 2:1.7...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 23, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(44th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-4484

GHSA ID

GHSA-gv5v-vgx2-hgvr

Source code

No known source code

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