CVE-2014-3462

HIGH 7.5CVE-2014-3462 · Published 07/08/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-3462 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting encfs (encfs project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.1%, higher than 87.9% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.7.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
encfs encfs_project	`< 1.7.5`	`1.7.5`

Description

The ".encfs6.xml" configuration file in encfs before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to access sensitive data by setting "blockMACBytes" to 0 and adding 8 to "blockMACRandBytes".

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00090.html · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/14/2 · Mailing List
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-09 · Third Party Advisory

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