AES Crypt for Linux Password Security Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

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

• https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq
• https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22c