CVE-2014-3462 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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".

Published: 2017-08-07

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:encfs_project:encfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-3474	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".

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01089.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00090.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/14/2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097537
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-09

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Encfs Project Encfs

Opensuse Leap Opensuse

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-07T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:43:05.864Z

Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3462

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-07T20:29:00.260

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2014-3462

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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