Re: About CVE-2016-4484: - Cryptsetup Initrd root Shell

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Hi there,

Am 15.11.2016 um 13:34 schrieb Milan Broz:
> just little bit clarification about CVE-2016-4484
> http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2016-4484/CVE-2016-4484_cryptsetup_initrd_shell.html
> 
> This bug is *NOT* cryptsetup/LUKS upstream bug, it is a minor problem in scripts
> unlocking an encrypted system.
> 
> It allows attacker to drop to initramdisk shell (without decryption of LUKS data).
> 
> The scripts are part of Debian cryptsetup package (as an addition to upstream)
> or part of dracut package (if dracut is used).

I decided to write down my thoughts on CVE-2016-4484 and published them
in a blog post:

https://blog.freesources.org/posts/2016/12/CVE-2016-4484/

Feel free to share your comments, criticism, opinion either in the blog
comments or here on the list.

Cheers,
 jonas


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