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openSUSE Security Update : encfs (openSUSE-2017-82)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96548

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for encfs fixes the following issues :

 - A new option --require-macs was added to address CVE-2014-3462 (boo#878257) This will now trigger a warning if MAC headers were disabled via configuration.

In addition, encfs was updated to 1.8.1 including all upstream improvements and fixes.

Solution

Update the affected encfs packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=878257

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96548

File Name: openSUSE-2017-82.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/17/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:encfs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:encfs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:encfs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:encfs-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3462