CVE-2023-1672

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-1672
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-07-11 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 21:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Tang Project Tang All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3648-1] tang security update lists.debian.org
Fix race condition when creating/rotating keys (#123) · latchset/tang@8dbbed1 · GitHub MISC github.com
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE-2023-1672: race condition in Tang exposes private keys to other processes MISC www.openwall.com
2180999 – (CVE-2023-1672) CVE-2023-1672 tang: Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161090 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for tang (ELSA-2023-6492)
  • 161159 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for tang (ELSA-2023-7022)
  • 199925 Ubuntu Security Notification for Tang Vulnerability (USN-6489-1)
  • 242285 Red Hat Update for tang (RHSA-2023:6492)
  • 242422 Red Hat Update for tang (RHSA-2023:7022)
  • 284039 Fedora Security Update for tang (FEDORA-2023-eb9bec6e8c)
  • 284057 Fedora Security Update for tang (FEDORA-2023-3e84bba241)
  • 379629 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for tang (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0043)
  • 6000271 Debian Security Update for tang (DLA 3648-1)
  • 907306 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for tang (27405-1)
  • 941402 AlmaLinux Security Update for tang (ALSA-2023:6492)
  • 941473 AlmaLinux Security Update for tang (ALSA-2023:7022)

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