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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>2015-12-30: 1</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>