CVE-2019-13178

Summary

CVECVE-2019-13178
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-02 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:03:00 UTC
Descriptionmodules/luksbootkeyfile/main.py in Calamares versions 3.1 through 3.2.10 has a race condition between the time when the LUKS encryption keyfile is created and when secure permissions are set.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Calamares Calamares All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1726565 – (CVE-2019-13178) CVE-2019-13178 calamares: race condition in modules/luksbootkeyfile/main.py MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Bug #1835095 “Lubuntu initrd images leaking cryptographic secret...” : Bugs : calamares package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: calamares-3.2.11-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: calamares-3.2.11-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Calamares Initramfs Weakness – Calamares – The universal installer framework CONFIRM calamares.io Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: calamares-3.2.11-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Full disk encryption with LUKS (including /boot) · Pavel Kogan MISC www.pavelkogan.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2655-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug #1835096 “Unprivileged user can access LUKS keyfile” : Bugs : initramfs-tools package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2654-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Unsafe generation of initramfs during FDE · Issue #1191 · calamares/calamares · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: calamares-3.2.11-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2628-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Linux Mint encryption · Pavel Kogan MISC www.pavelkogan.com Third Party Advisory
Race condition in changing permissions · Issue #1190 · calamares/calamares · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Calamares 3.2.11 released - Calamares CONFIRM calamares.io Third Party Advisory
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