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CVE-2023-1672

Published: Jul 11, 2023

Modified: Feb 13, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.3

MEDIUM

Description

A race condition exists in the Tang server functionality for key generation and key rotation. This flaw results in a small time window where Tang private keys become readable by other processes on the same host.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	tang	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	All versions
Fedora	Fedora	All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1672

vdb-entry

x_refsource_REDHAT

issue-tracking

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://github.com/latchset/tang/commit/8dbbed10870378f1b2c3cf3df2ea7edca7617096

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/15/1

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00004.html

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