EncFS before 1.7.0 encrypts multiple blocks by means of the CFB cipher mode with the same initialization vector, which makes it easier for local users to obtain sensitive information via calculations involving recovery of XORed data, as demonstrated by an attack on encrypted data in which the last block contains only one byte.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2010-09-17T17:46:00Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:55:46.802Z

Reserved: 2010-08-20T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2010-3075

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2010-09-17T18:00:02.727

Modified: 2010-09-20T04:00:00.000

Link: CVE-2010-3075

cve-icon Redhat

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