cve-2024-43378
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-15 23:53
Modified
2024-09-03 18:02
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
calamares-nixos-extensions LUKS keyfile exposure regression on legacy BIOS systems
References
Impacted products
Vendor | Product | Version | |
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▼ | NixOS | calamares-nixos-extensions |
Version: < 0.3.17 |
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Users who installed NixOS through the graphical installer who used manual disk partitioning to create a setup where the system was booted via legacy BIOS rather than UEFI; some disk partitions are encrypted; but the partitions containing either `/` or `/boot` are unencrypted; have their LUKS disk encryption key file in plain text either in `/crypto_keyfile.bin`, or in a CPIO archive attached to their NixOS initrd. `nixos-install` is not affected, nor are UEFI installations, nor was the default automatic partitioning configuration on legacy BIOS systems. The problem has been fixed in calamares-nixos-extensions 0.3.17, which was included in NixOS. The current installer images for the NixOS 24.05 and unstable (24.11) channels are unaffected. The fix reached 24.05 at 2024-08-13 20:06:59 UTC, and unstable at 2024-08-15 09:00:20 UTC. Installer images downloaded before those times may be vulnerable. The best solution for affected users is probably to back up their data and do a complete reinstallation. However, the mitigation procedure in GHSA-3rvf-24q2-24ww should work solely for the case where `/` is encrypted but `/boot` is not. If `/` is unencrypted, then the `/crypto_keyfile.bin` file will need to be deleted in addition to the remediation steps in the previous advisory. This issue is a partial regression of CVE-2023-36476 / GHSA-3rvf-24q2-24ww, which was more severe as it applied to the default configuration on BIOS systems." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "attackComplexity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "CHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N", "version": "3.1" } } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "cweId": "CWE-256", "description": "CWE-256: Plaintext Storage of a Password", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE" } ] } ], "providerMetadata": { "dateUpdated": "2024-08-15T23:53:07.103Z", "orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M" }, "references": [ { "name": "https://github.com/NixOS/calamares-nixos-extensions/security/advisories/GHSA-vfxf-gpmj-2p25", "tags": [ "x_refsource_CONFIRM" ], "url": "https://github.com/NixOS/calamares-nixos-extensions/security/advisories/GHSA-vfxf-gpmj-2p25" }, { "name": "https://github.com/NixOS/calamares-nixos-extensions/security/advisories/GHSA-3rvf-24q2-24ww", "tags": [ "x_refsource_MISC" ], "url": "https://github.com/NixOS/calamares-nixos-extensions/security/advisories/GHSA-3rvf-24q2-24ww" }, { "name": "https://github.com/NixOS/calamares-nixos-extensions/pull/43", "tags": [ "x_refsource_MISC" ], "url": "https://github.com/NixOS/calamares-nixos-extensions/pull/43" }, { "name": "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/331607", "tags": [ "x_refsource_MISC" ], "url": "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/331607" }, { "name": "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/334252", "tags": [ "x_refsource_MISC" ], "url": "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/334252" } ], "source": { "advisory": "GHSA-vfxf-gpmj-2p25", "discovery": "UNKNOWN" }, "title": "calamares-nixos-extensions LUKS keyfile exposure regression on legacy BIOS systems" } }, "cveMetadata": { "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M", "cveId": "CVE-2024-43378", "datePublished": "2024-08-15T23:53:07.103Z", "dateReserved": "2024-08-09T14:23:55.514Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-09-03T18:02:47.756Z", "state": "PUBLISHED" }, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "meta": { "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2024-43378\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"published\":\"2024-08-16T02:15:17.877\",\"lastModified\":\"2024-08-19T13:00:23.117\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Awaiting Analysis\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"calamares-nixos-extensions provides Calamares branding and modules for NixOS, a distribution of GNU/Linux. 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