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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201512-09">
  <title>encfs: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in encfs, the worst of
    which can allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a
    Denial of Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">encfs</product>
  <announced>2015-12-30</announced>
  <revised count="1">2015-12-30</revised>
  <bug>510290</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-fs/encfs" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.7.5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Encfs is an implementation of encrypted filesystem in user-space using
      FUSE.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in encfs. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A local attacker can utilize a  possible buffer overflow in the
      encodeName method of StreamNameIO and BlockNameIO to execute arbitrary
      code or cause a Denial of Service. Also multiple weak cryptographics
      practices have been found in encfs. 
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All encfs users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-fs/encfs-1.7.5"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3462">CVE-2014-3462</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-05-11T16:35:36Z">K_F</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-12-30T14:32:13Z">mrueg</metadata>
</glsa>