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From: Yury German <blueknight@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201512-09 ] encfs: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 14:37:57
Message-Id: 5683EBEF.8010004@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201512-09
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: encfs: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: December 30, 2015
10 Bugs: #510290
11 ID: 201512-09
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in encfs, the worst of which
19 can allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial
20 of Service condition.
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22 Background
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25 Encfs is an implementation of encrypted filesystem in user-space using
26 FUSE.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 sys-fs/encfs < 1.7.5 >= 1.7.5
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in encfs. Please review
40 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A local attacker can utilize a possible buffer overflow in the
46 encodeName method of StreamNameIO and BlockNameIO to execute arbitrary
47 code or cause a Denial of Service. Also multiple weak cryptographics
48 practices have been found in encfs.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All encfs users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/encfs-1.7.5"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2014-3462
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3462
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-09
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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