Bug 1971724 (CVE-2021-28213) - CVE-2021-28213 edk2: encrypted private key in the IpSecDxe.efi present potential security risks
Summary: CVE-2021-28213 edk2: encrypted private key in the IpSecDxe.efi present potent...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2021-28213
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1971725 1971726
Blocks: 1971727
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-06-14 16:33 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2021-08-20 19:02 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2021-07-02 19:45:58 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
TianoCore 1697 0 None None None 2021-06-23 09:46:06 UTC
TianoCore 1866 0 None None None 2021-06-23 09:46:06 UTC

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-06-14 16:33:31 UTC 
Example EDK2 encrypted private key in the IpSecDxe.efi present potential security risks.

Reference:
https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1866
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-06-14 16:34:00 UTC 
Created edk2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1971725]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1971726]
Comment 2 Laszlo Ersek 2021-06-23 09:40:29 UTC 
Hello Guilherme,

IpSecDxe is not included in any firmware binary we ship, in any Fedora or RHEL release.

(IpSecDxe is not included in any ArmVirtPkg or OvmfPkg platform even upstream.)

Thanks,
Laszlo
Comment 3 Laszlo Ersek 2021-06-23 09:46:08 UTC 
(In fact, upstream edk2 removed the ipsec driver altogether, in commit d55d9d066436 ("NetworkPkg: Remove IpSec driver and application", 2019-04-29); for TianoCore#1697.)
Comment 4 Marco Benatto 2021-07-02 19:45:58 UTC 
As mentioned by Laszlo IpSecDxe was removed back in 2019 from edk2. Both Red Hat Enterprise 8 version is newer than the version where the commit was introduced and doesn't ship the affected component.
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