Release Notes

1.19 (October 17^th, 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”. +
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- 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. +
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- 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.
+

1.18a (August 17^th, 2016):

All OSs: +
- Support Japanese encryption standard Camellia, including for Windows system encryption (MBR & EFI). +
- Support Russian encryption and hash standards Kuznyechik, Magma and Streebog, including for Windows EFI system encryption. +
+
Windows: +
- Support EFI Windows system encryption (limitations: no hidden os, no boot custom message) +
- Fix TrueCrypt vulnerability allowing detection of hidden volumes presence(reported by Ivanov Aleksey Mikhailovich, alekc96 [at] mail dot ru) +
- Enhanced protection against dll hijacking attacks.
- Fix boot issues on some machines by increasing required memory by 1 KiB
- Add benchmarking of hash algorithms and PRF with PIM (including for pre-boot). +
- Move build system to Visual C++ 2010 for better stability.
- Workaround for AES-NI support under Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2.
- Correctly remove driver file veracrypt.sys during uninstall on Windows 64-bit. +
- Implement passing smart card PIN as command line argument (/tokenpin) when explicitly mounting a volume. +
- When no drive letter specified, choose A: or B: only when no other free drive letter is available. +
- Reduce CPU usage caused by the option to disable use of disconnected network drives. +
- Add new volume ID mechanism to be used to identify disks/partitions instead of their device name. +
- Add option to avoid PIM prompt in pre-boot authentication by storing PIM value unencrypted in MBR. +
- Add option and command line switch to hide waiting dialog when performing operations. +
- Add checkbox in "VeraCrypt Format" wizard GUI to skip Rescue Disk verification during system encryption procedure. +
- Allow files drag-n-drop when VeraCrypt is running as elevated process.
- Minor GUI and translations fixes.
+
Linux: +
- Fix mount issue on Fedora 23.
- Fix mount failure when compiling source code using gcc 5.x.
- Adhere to XDG Desktop Specification by using XDG_CONFIG_HOME to determine location of configuration files. +
+
MacOSX: +
- Solve compatibility issue with newer versions of OSXFuse.
+

1.17 (February 13^th, 2016):

All OSs: +
- Support UNICODE passwords: all characters are now accepted in passwords (except Windows system encryption) +
- Cut mount/boot time by half thanks to a clever optimization of key derivation (found by +Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet) +
- Optimize Whirlpool PRF speed by using assembly (25% speed gain compared to previous code). +
- Add support for creating exFAT volumes.
- Add GUI indicator for the amount of randomness gathered using mouse movement. +
- Include new icons and graphics contributed by Andreas Becker (http://www.andreasbecker.de) +
+
Windows: +
- Fix dll hijacking issue affecting installer that allows code execution with elevation of privilege (CVE-2016-1281). Reported by Stefan Kanthak (http://home.arcor.de/skanthak/) +
- Sign binaries using both SHA-1 and SHA-256 to follow new Microsoft recommendations. +
- Solve issues under Comodo/Kaspersky when running an application from a VeraCrypt volume (Reported and fixed by Robert Geisler). +
- Bootloader: Protect password/PIM length by filling the fields to maximum length with '*' after ENTER +
- Solve issue with system favorites not being able to be mounted to drive A:
- Solve lost focus issues for after displaying the waiting dialog
- Solve rare issue where some partitions where asscoiated with wrong disk the "Select Device" dialog. +
- Implement PIM caching, for both system encryption and normal volumes. Add option to activate it. +
- Don't try mounting using cached passwords if password and/or keyfile are specified in the command line. +
- Internal rewrite to make VeraCrypt native UNICODE application.
- Workaround to avoid false positive detection by some anti-virus software.
- Hide disconnected network drives in the list of available drives. Add option to make them available for mounting. +
- Solve issue that caused in some cases configuration and history XML files to be updated even when not needed. +
- Fix leak of path of selected keyfiles in RAM.
- Fix TB unit can't be deselected in VeraCryptExpander.
- Add Alt+i keyboard shortcut for "Use PIM" checkbox in GUI.
- Minor GUI and translations fixes.
+
Linux/MacOSX: +
- Fix issue of --stdin option not handling correctly passwords that contain a space character (reported and fixed by Codeplex user horsley1953). +
- Fix issue creating volumes using command line with a filesystem other than FAT. +
- Support K/M/G/T suffixes for --size switch to indicate unit to use for size value. +
+

1.16 (October 7^th, 2015):

Windows: +
- Modify patch for CVE-2015-7358 vulnerability to solve side effects on Windows while still making it very hard to abuse drive letter handling. +
- Fix failure to restore volume header from an external file in some configurations. +
- Add option to disable “Evil Maid” attack detection for those encountering false positive cases (e.g. FLEXnet/Adobe issue). +
- By default, don’t try to mount using empty password when default keyfile configured or keyfile specified in command line. Add option to restore the old behavior. +
  - If mounting using empty password is needed, explicitly specify so in the command line using: /p "" +
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+

1.15 (September 26^th, 2015):

Windows: +
- Fix two TrueCrypt vulnerabilities reported by James Forshaw (Google Project
  +Zero) +
  - CVE-2015-7358 (critical): Local Elevation of Privilege on Windows by
    +abusing drive letter handling.
  - CVE-2015-7359: Local Elevation of Privilege on Windows caused by
    +incorrect Impersonation Token Handling.
  +
- Fix regression in mounting of favorite volumes at user logon.
- Fix display of some Unicode languages (e.g. Chinese) in formatting wizard.
- Set keyboard focus to PIM field when "Use PIM" is checked.
- Allow Application key to open context menu on drive letters list
- Support specifying volumes size in TB in the GUI (command line already supports this) +
+

1.14 (September 16^th, 2015):

All OSs: +
- Mask and unmask PIM value in GUI and bootloader like the password.
+

Windows: +
- Solve Rescue Disk damaged error when using cascade ciphers and SHA256 for system encryption. +
- Solve option "Cache password in drive memory" always disabled even if checked in preferences. +
- Solve UI language change not taken into account for new install unless a preference is changed. +
- Implement creating file containers using command line.
- Driver: disable support of IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY by default and add option to enable it. +
- Driver: Support returning StorageDeviceProperty when queried through IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY. +
- Support setting volume label in Explorer through mount option or favorite label value. +
- Fix for Hot Keys assignment dialog issue where OEM-233 is always displayed and can't be changed. +
- Always copy both 32-bit and 64-bit executable binaries during install and in Traveler Disk Setup. +
  - Traveler Disk will again use 32-bit exe by default while also offering 64-bit exe. +
  - On Windows 64-bit, 32-bit exe files are now available(e.g. if needed to use 32-bit PKCS#11 dll) +
  +
- Include Volume Expander in Traveler Disk Setup.
- Don't offer creating a restore point if it is disabled in Windows.
- Add possibility to verify a Rescue Disk ISO image file.
- Minors fixes in the installer, GUI and driver.
+

Linux: +
- Support supplying password using stdin in non interactive mode (contributed by +LouisTakePILLz) +
  - Example: veracrypt -t ${IMAGE_PATH} ${MOUNT_PATH} --mount --non-interactive --stdin <<< "$PWD" +
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+

1.13 (August 9^th, 2015):

Windows: +
- Solve TOR crashing when run from a VeraCrypt volume.
+

1.12 (August 5^th, 2015):

All OSs: +
- Implement "Dynamic Mode" by supporting a Personal Iterations Multiplier (PIM). See documentation for more information. +
+

Windows: +
- Detect Boot Loader tampering ("Evil Maid" attacks) for system encryption and propose recovery options. +
- Fix buffer overrun issue and other memory related bugs when parsing language XML files. +
- Fix wrongly reported bad sectors by chkdsk caused by a bug in IOCTL_DISK_VERIFY handling. +
- Fix privacy issue caused by configuration and history files being updated whenever VeraCrypt is used (reported by Liran Elharar) +
- Fix system favorites not always mounting after cold start.
- Solve installer error when updating VeraCrypt on Windows 10.
- Implement decryption of non-system partition/drive.
- Include 64-bit exe files in the installer and deploy them on 64-bit machines for better performances. +
- Allow using drive letters A: and B: for mounting volumes
- Make command line argument parsing more strict and robust (e.g. /lz rejected, must be /l z) +
- Add possibility to show system encryption password in Windows GUI and bootloader +
- Solve "Class Already exists" error that was happening for some users.
- Solve some menu items and GUI fields not translatable
- Make volumes correctly report Physical Sector size to Windows.
- Correctly detect switch user/RDP disconnect operations for autodismount on session locked. +
- Add manual selection of partition when resuming in-place encryption.
- Add command line option (/cache f) to temporarily cache password during favorites mounting. +
- Add waiting dialog for Auto-Mount Devices operations to avoid freezing GUI.
- Add extra information to displayed error message in order to help analyze reported issues. +
- Disable menu entry for changing system encryption PRF since it's not yet implemented. +
- Fix failure to change password when UAC required (inherited from TrueCrypt)
- Minor fixes and changes (see Git history for more details)
+

Linux: +
- Solve installer issue under KDE when xterm not available
- Fix warnings on about/LegalNotice dialogs when wxWidgets linked dynamically (N/A for official binary) +
- Support hash names with '-' in command line (sha-256, sha-512 and ripemd-160) +
- Remove "--current-hash" switch and add "--new-hash" to be more coherent with existing switches. +
- When only keyfile specified in command line, don't try to mount using empty password. +
  - If mounting using empty password is needed, explicitly specify so using: -p "" +
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+

1.0f-2(April 5^th, 2015):

All OSs: +
- Mounting speed improvement, up to 20% quicker on 64-bit (contributed by Nils Maier) +
- Add option to set default hash/TrueCryptMode used for mounting volumes.
- Use TrueCryptMode/Hash specified in command line in password dialog.
+
Windows: +
- Solve CryptAcquireContext vulnerability reported by Open Crypto Audit Phase II. +
- Proper handling of random generator failures. Inform user in such cases.
- TrueCrypt Mode related changes: +
  - Support mounting TrueCrypt system partition (no conversion yet)
  - Support TrueCrypt volumes as System Favorites.
  - Correct displaying wrong TrueCrypt mode in volume properties when SHA-256 is used. +
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- Solve PIN BLOCKED issue with smart cards in a special case.
- Correctly handle file access errors when mounting containers.
- Solve several issues reported by the Static Code Analysis too Coverity.
- Bootloader: Add "Verifying Password..." message.
- When UAC prompt fails (for example timeout), offer the user to retry the operation. +
- Uninstall link now open the standard "Add/Remove Programs" window.
- On uninstall, remove all VeraCrypt references from registry and disk.
- Included VeraCryptExpander in the Setup.
- Add option to temporary cache password when mounting multiple favorites.
- Minor fixes and enhancements (see git history for more information)
+
MacOSX: +
- Solve issue volumes not auto-dismounting when quitting VeraCrypt. +
- Solve issue VeraCrypt window not reopening by clicking dock icon.
+
Linux/MacOSX: +
- Solve preferences dialog not closing when clicking on the 'X' icon.
- Solve read-only issue when mounting non-FAT volumes in some cases.
- Support opening/exploring mounted volumes on desktops other than Gnome/KDE.
- Solve various installer issues when running on less common configurations
- Minor fixes (see git history for more information)
+

1.0f-1 (January 4^th, 2015)

All OSs: +
- Add support for old TrueCrypt 6.0.
- Change naming of cascades algorithms in GUI for a better description.
+
Linux/MacOSX: +
- Make cancel button of the preference dialog working.
- Solve impossibility to enter a one digit size for the volume.
- Add wait dialog to the benchmark calculation.
+
Windows: +
- Add TrueCrypt mode to the mounted volume information.
- For Windows XP, correct the installer graphical artefacts.
+

1.0f (December 30, 2014)

All OSs: +
- Add support for mounting TrueCrypt volumes.
- Add support for converting TrueCrypt containers and non-system partitions.
- Add support for SHA-256 for volume encryption.
- Make SHA-512 the default key derivation algorithm and change the order of preference of derivation algorithms : SHA-512 -> Whirlpool -> SHA-256 -> RIPEMD160 +
- Deprecate RIPEMD160 for non-system encryption.
- Speedup mount operation by enabling choice of correct hash algorithm.
- Display a wait dialog during lengthy operations to avoid freezing the GUI.
- Implement creation of multiple keyfiles at once, with predefined or random size. +
- Always display random gathering dialog before performing sensitive operations. +
- Links in the application now points to the online resources on Codeplex
- First version of proper VeraCrypt User Guide
+
MacOSX: +
- Implement support for hard drives with a large sector size (> 512).
- Link against new wxWidgets version 3.0.2.
- Solve truncated text in some Wizard windows.
+
Linux: +
- Add support of NTFS formatting of volumes.
- Correct issue on opening of the user guide PDF.
- Better support for hard drives with a large sector size (> 512).
- Link against new wxWidgets version 3.0.2.
+
Windows:
+
- Security: fix vulnerability in bootloader detected by Open Crypto Audit and make it more robust. +
- Add support for SHA-256 in system boot encryption.
- Various optimizations in bootloader.
- Complete fix of ShellExecute security issue.
- Kernel driver: check that the password length received from bootloader is less or equal to 64. +
- Correct a random crash when clicking the link for more information on keyfiles +
- Implement option to auto-dismount when user session is locked
- Add self-test vectors for SHA-256
- Modern look-and-feel by enabling visual styles
- few minor fixed.
+

+1.0e (September 4, 2014)

Improvements and bug fixes: +
- Correct most of the security vulnerabilities reported by the Open Crypto Audit Project. +
- Correct security issues detected by Static Code Analysis, mainly under Windows. +
- Correct issue of unresponsiveness when changing password/key file of a volume. Reduce overall time taken for creating encrypted volume/partition. +
- Minor improvements and bug fixes (look at git history for more details).
+

+
+1.0d (June 3, 2014)

Improvements and bug fixes: +
- Correct issue while creating hidden operating system.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
+