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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4122 | Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2031859 | Permissions Required Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2032401 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/commit/0113ac2d889c5322659ad0596d4cfc6da53e356c | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cryptsetup/v2.4/v2.4.3-ReleaseNotes | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
29 Aug 2022, 14:28
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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First Time |
Cryptsetup Project
Cryptsetup Project cryptsetup |
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CPE | cpe:2.3:a:cryptsetup_project:cryptsetup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 4.3 |
CWE | CWE-345 | |
References | (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2032401 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
References | (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4122 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2031859 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory | |
References | (MISC) https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cryptsetup/v2.4/v2.4.3-ReleaseNotes - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory | |
References | (MISC) https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/commit/0113ac2d889c5322659ad0596d4cfc6da53e356c - Patch, Third Party Advisory |
24 Aug 2022, 16:24
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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New CVE |
Information
Published : 2022-08-24 16:15
Updated : 2023-12-10 14:35
NVD link : CVE-2021-4122
Mitre link : CVE-2021-4122
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-4122
JSON object : View
Products Affected
cryptsetup_project
- cryptsetup
CWE
CWE-345
Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity