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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2016-0026

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Mageia Linux Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

8 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2016-0026

Insight

Insight

A local attacker can utilize a possible buffer overflow in the encodeName method of StreamNameIO and BlockNameIO to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service. Also multiple weak cryptographics practices have been found in encfs (CVE-2014-3462)

Solution

Solution

Update the affected packages to the latest available version.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)