Fedora 15 Update: ecryptfs-utils-96-1.fc15

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-2171
2012-02-22 01:39:21
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Name        : ecryptfs-utils
Product     : Fedora 15
Version     : 96
Release     : 1.fc15
URL         : https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs
Summary     : The eCryptfs mount helper and support libraries
Description :
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.

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Update Information:

- add an option to allow user to enter the mount passphrase, in case they've recorded that, but forgotten their login passphrase

- default sysfs to /sys, if not found in /etc/mtab

- ensure that ecryptfs works even if there is no sysfs entry in /etc/mtab

- fix TPM and string_to_uuid 64bits issue

- blowfish and twofish support check did not work with on 3.2.x kernels
- blowfish and twofish support check did not work with on 3.2.x kernels
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Feb 20 2012 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 96-1
- ecryptfs-utils updated to 96
* Mon Feb 13 2012 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 95-2
- blowfish and twofish support check did not work with on 3.2.x kernels (#785036)
* Fri Dec 16 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 95-1
- updated to v. 95
* Tue Nov  1 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 93-1
- updated to v. 93
* Wed Aug 31 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 90-2
- set the group id in mount.ecryptfs_private (CVE-2011-3145)
* Thu Aug 11 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 90-1
- security fixes:
- privilege escalation via mountpoint race conditions (CVE-2011-1831, CVE-2011-1832)
- race condition when checking source during mount (CVE-2011-1833)
- mtab corruption via improper handling (CVE-2011-1834)
- key poisoning via insecure temp directory handling (CVE-2011-1835)
- information disclosure via recovery mount in /tmp (CVE-2011-1836)
- arbitrary file overwrite via lock counter race (CVE-2011-1837)
* Tue Aug  9 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 87-9
- improve logging messages of ecryptfs pam module
- keep own copy of passphrase, pam clears it too early
* Wed Aug  3 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 87-8
- keyring from auth stack does not survive, use pam_data and delayed 
  keyring initialization
* Thu Jul 21 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 87-7
- fix pam module to set ecryptfs gid before mount helper execution
- do not use zombie process, it causes lock ups in ssh
* Mon Jul 11 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 87-6
- do not use memcpy for overlaping areas
- fix broken pam module resulting in session with wrong gid
* Mon Jul 11 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 87-5
- fix mtab handling everywhere
* Thu Jun  9 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 87-4
- check for ecryptfs pam module before home dir migration
* Tue Jun  7 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 87-3
- update of mtab does not work if it's a symlink (#706911)
* Thu May 26 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 87-2
- auto-load ecryptfs module in ecryptfs-setup-private
* Tue May 24 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 87-1
- updated to v. 87
* Fri Mar 11 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 86-3
- fix man pages
* Wed Mar  2 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 86-2
- fix selinux context
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #785036 - ecryptfs-utils can't find renamed blowfish kernel modules in >= 3.2
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785036
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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 http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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