| Name | CVE-2016-4484 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cryptsetup (PTS) | jessie | 2:1.6.6-5 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2:1.7.3-4 | fixed |
| buster | 2:2.1.0-5+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:2.3.7-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:2.6.1-4~deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:2.7.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cryptsetup | source | (unstable) | 2:1.7.3-2 | unimportant | | |
Notes
http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2016-4484/CVE-2016-4484_cryptsetup_initrd_shell.html
Negligible security impact
in #860981 claimed to still be unresolved as per 2:1.7.3-3