veracrypt/VeraCrypt VeraCrypt_1.19

VeraCrypt version 1.19

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Binaries for Windows, Linux and MacOSX are available at Launchpad, Sourceforge and Codeplex

Changes between 1.18 and 1.19 (17 October 2016) :

• All OSs:
  • Fix issues raised by Quarkslab audit.
    • Remove GOST89 encryption algorithm.
    • Make PBKDF2 and HMAC code clearer and easier to analyze.
    • Add test vectors for Kuznyechik.
    • Update documentation to warn about risks of using command line switch ”tokenpin”.
  • Use SSE2 optimized Serpent algorithm implementation from Botan project (2.5 times faster on 64-bit platforms).
• Windows:
  • Fix keyboard issues in EFI Boot Loader.
  • Fix crash on 32-bit machines when creating a volume that uses Streebog as PRF.
  • Fix false positive detection of Evil-Maid attacks in some cases (e.g. hidden OS creation)
  • Fix failure to access EFS data on VeraCrypt volumes under Windows 10.
  • Fix wrong password error in the process of copying hidden OS.
  • Fix issues raised by Quarkslab audit:
    • Fix leak of password length in MBR bootloader inherited from TrueCrypt.
    • EFI bootloader: Fix various leaks and erase keyboard buffer after password is typed.
    • Use libzip library for handling zip Rescue Disk file instead of vulnerable XUnzip library.
  • Support EFI system encryption for 32-bit Windows.
  • Perform shutdown instead of reboot during Pre-Test of EFI system encryption to detect incompatible motherboards.
  • Minor GUI and translations fixes.
• MacOSX:
  • Remove dependency to MacFUSE compatibility layer in OSXFuse.