CVE-2021-4122 (GCVE-0-2021-4122)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-24 15:08 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-345 - - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2031859 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/c… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/commit… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2032401 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4122 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | cryptsetup |
Affected:
Fixed in cryptsetup 2.4.3, cryptsetup 2.3.7
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