Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-35928 - Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input vulnerability in Aescrypt AES Crypt 3.11
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22c
- https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22c
- https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq
- https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq