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Fedora 21: Ecryptfs-Utils Update for Password Salt Issue

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Calendar Grey July 30, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
An announcement regarding the utilization of salt in password encryption with ecryptfs-utils on Fedora 21.
Fixes salt usage for password wrapping

Summary

eCryptfs is a stacked cryptographic filesystem that ships in Linux

kernel versions 2.6.19 and above. This package provides the mount

helper and supporting libraries to perform key management and mount

functions.

Install ecryptfs-utils if you would like to mount eCryptfs.

Update Information:

Fixes salt usage for password wrapping

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora security patch ecryptfs-utils password wrap issue

Change Log

* Mon Mar 30 2015 Michal Hlavinka - 106-1 - ecryptfs-utils updated to 106 * Mon Jan 26 2015 Michal Hlavinka - 104-3 - fix pam sigsegv (#1184645)

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1193092 - ecryptfs-utils: default salt is used for wrapping passphrase [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193092 [ 2 ] Bug #1234204 - 20+: Bug in ecryptfs found in 2015.(security) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234204

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update ecryptfs-utils' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: ecryptfs-utils
Product: Fedora 21
Version: 106
Release: 1.fc21
URL: https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs
Summary: The eCryptfs mount helper and support libraries

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora security patch ecryptfs-utils password wrap issue

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