Mageia alert MGASA-2016-0026 (encfs)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2016-0026: Updated encfs packages fix security vulnerability 
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Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:54:03 +0100
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MGASA-2016-0026 - Updated encfs packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 20 Jan 2016
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0026.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5
CVE: CVE-2014-3462

Description:
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)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17424
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-09
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3462

SRPMS:
- 5/core/encfs-1.7.5-1.mga5