Name | CVE-2004-2135 |
Description | cryptoloop on Linux kernel 2.6.x, when used on certain file systems with a block size 1024 or greater, has certain "IV computation" weaknesses that allow watermarked files to be detected without decryption. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | 2.6.32-2 | unimportant | ||
linux-2.6.24 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
minor issue; solution (removal of cryptoloop) would be a significant change
if backported to the stable releases
mitigation: use dm-crypt or loop-aes for disk encrytion instead of cryptoloop