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AES Crypt for Linux Password Security Vulnerability

Published Aug 3, 2022

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.

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Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED
Assigner GitHub_M
Published Aug 3, 2022
Updated Apr 23, 2025
Reserved Jul 15, 2022

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Apr 23, 2025

NVD

Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026

Red Hat

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ENISA EUVD

Assigner GitHub_M
Published Aug 3, 2022
Updated Apr 23, 2025

GitHub

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