CVE
- Id
- 4961
- CVE No.
- CVE-2002-0570
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- The encrypted loop device in Linux kernel 2.4.10 and earlier does not authenticate the entity that is encrypting data, which allows local users to modify encrypted data without knowing the key.
- Phase
- Proposed (20020611)
- Votes
- ACCEPT(3) Alderson, Cole, Frech | MODIFY(1) Foat | NOOP(2) Cox, Wall
- Comments
- Foat> A local user can not modify the data. The user needs to root the box | first or at least get UNIX permission to write to the encrypted file system. | This is different than being a local user. | CHANGE> [Cox changed vote from REVIEWING to NOOP]