CVE-2022-35928

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-35928
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-03 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-06-29 16:20:00 UTC
DescriptionAES Crypt is a file encryption software for multiple platforms. AES Crypt for Linux built using the source on GitHub and having the version number 3.11 has a vulnerability with respect to reading user-provided passwords and confirmations via command-line prompts. Passwords lengths were not checked before being read. This vulnerability may lead to buffer overruns. This does _not_ affect source code found on aescrypt.com, nor is the vulnerability present when providing a password or a key via the `-p` or `-k` command-line options. The problem was fixed via in commit 68761851b and will be included in release 3.16. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should us the `-p` or `-k` options to provide a password or key.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-1284

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Aescrypt Aes Crypt 3.11 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fixed security issue with passwords entered via a prompt · paulej/AESCrypt@6876185 · GitHub MISC github.com
AES Crypt for Linux Password Security Vulnerability · Advisory · paulej/AESCrypt · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
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