Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-4409: MCrypt: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
11/21/2012
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the check_file_head function in extra.c in mcrypt 2.6.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an encrypted file with a crafted header containing long salt data that is not properly handled during decryption.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-crypt-mcrypt
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