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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2022-08-03T19:25:12
Updated: 2024-08-03T09:51:59.062Z
Reserved: 2022-07-15T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2022-35928
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2022-08-03T20:15:08.073
Modified: 2024-11-21T07:11:58.963
Link: CVE-2022-35928
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