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GHSA-chxf-fjcf-7fwp:
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Overview
The vulnerability (GHSA-chxf-fjcf-7fwp/CVE-2022-25326) affects fscrypt through version 0.3.2. The issue was discovered and disclosed on February 26, 2022, with an update released on January 11, 2023. The vulnerability affects the filesystem setup process in fscrypt, a filesystem encryption tool (GitHub Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from fscrypt's default behavior of creating world-writable directories during filesystem setup. This security flaw is classified with CWE-400, relating to uncontrolled resource consumption. The severity of this vulnerability is rated as Moderate (GitHub Security).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unprivileged local users to potentially exhaust filesystem space through the world-writable directory that fscrypt creates by default during filesystem setup (GitHub Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are recommended to upgrade to fscrypt version 0.3.3 or above. Additionally, system administrators should adjust the permissions on existing fscrypt metadata directories where applicable (GitHub Advisory).
Additional resources
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