Description
SSL_Cipher.cpp in EncFS before 1.7.0 uses an improper combination of an AES cipher and a CBC cipher mode for encrypted filesystems, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a watermark attack.
Affected products
- arg0 / encfs1.6.0
- arg0 / encfs1.4.0 – 1.4.0
- arg0 / encfs1.4.1 – 1.4.1
- arg0 / encfs1.4.1.1 – 1.4.1.1
- arg0 / encfs1.4.2 – 1.4.2
- arg0 / encfs1.5.0 – 1.5.0
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/41158
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=630460
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/41478
- MISChttp://code.google.com/p/encfs/source/detail?r=59
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047794.html
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047825.html
- MISChttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335938
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- MISChttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-08/0316.html
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/05/3
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/07/8
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/06/1
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2414
- MISChttp://www.arg0.net/encfs
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047798.html