{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9687","details":"eCryptfs 104 and earlier uses a default salt to encrypt the mount passphrase, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain user passwords via a brute force attack.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:56:55.673915Z","published":"2014-12-31T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2524-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9687"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9687"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/906550/comments/5"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/498"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2524-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9687"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ecryptfs-utils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ecryptfs-utils@104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3"}]}],"versions":["103-0ubuntu2","104-0ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"ecryptfs-utils","binary_version":"104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3"},{"binary_name":"libecryptfs0","binary_version":"104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3"},{"binary_name":"python-ecryptfs","binary_version":"104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9687.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}