Bug 2032401 (CVE-2021-4122)
Summary: | CVE-2021-4122 cryptsetup: disable encryption via header rewrite | ||
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Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | Cedric Buissart <cbuissar> |
Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team> |
Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | unspecified | CC: | agk, bdettelb, caswilli, dhalasz, fjansen, gmazyland, jbrassow, jburrell, jnakfour, jwong, kaycoth, lvm-team, micjohns, mvanderw, okozina, prajnoha, psegedy, security-response-team, sthirugn, tcarlin, tkasparek, tsasak, vkrizan, vkumar, vmugicag |
Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | cryptsetup 2.4.3, cryptsetup 2.3.7 | Doc Type: | If docs needed, set a value |
Doc Text: |
It was found that a specially crafted LUKS header could trick cryptsetup into disabling encryption during the recovery of the device. An attacker with physical access to the medium, such as a flash disk, could use this flaw to force a user into permanently disabling the encryption layer of that medium.
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Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
Last Closed: | 2022-02-01 22:02:33 UTC | Type: | --- |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Bug Depends On: | 2031859, 2032782, 2036906, 2040194 | ||
Bug Blocks: | 2032191 |
Description
Cedric Buissart
2021-12-14 12:33:49 UTC
Upstream fix : https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/commit/0113ac2d889c5322659ad0596d4cfc6da53e356c Created cryptsetup tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 2040194] This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2022:0370 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0370 This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s): https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4122 |