UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3462

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3462
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3462.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3462
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:01Z
Published
2017-08-07T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:16:57.450766Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - high
Summary
[none]
Details

The ".encfs6.xml" configuration file in encfs before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to access sensitive data by setting "blockMACBytes" to 0 and adding 8 to "blockMACRandBytes".

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / encfs

Package

Name
encfs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/encfs@1.8.1-3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.1-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "encfs",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "encfs-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3462.json"