Denial of Service in fscrypt
CVE-2022-25326

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Google
Status
Fscrypt
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 February 2022

What is CVE-2022-25326?

fscrypt through v0.3.2 creates a world-writable directory by default when setting up a filesystem, allowing unprivileged users to exhaust filesystem space. We recommend upgrading to fscrypt 0.3.3 or above and adjusting the permissions on existing fscrypt metadata directories where applicable.

Affected Version(s)

fscrypt <= 0.3.2

References

https://github.com/google/fscrypt/pull/346
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Matthias Gerstner of SUSE
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