FKIE_CVE-2022-35928

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-08-03 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:52
Severity
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
AES 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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22cPatch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrqPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22cPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrqPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
aescrypt aes_crypt 3.11
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