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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cve-icon 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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-08-03T20:15:08.073

Modified: 2023-06-29T16:20:54.723

Link: CVE-2022-35928

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