CVE-2023-43635

Vault Key Sealed With SHA1 PCRs The measured boot solution implemented in EVE OS leans on a PCR locking mechanism. Different parts of the system update different PCR values in the TPM, resulting in a unique value for each PCR entry. These PCRs are then used in order to seal/unseal a key from the TPM which is used to encrypt/decrypt the “vault” directory. This “vault” directory is the most sensitive point in the system and as such, its content should be protected. This mechanism is noted in Zededa’s documentation as the “measured boot” mechanism, designed to protect said “vault”. The code that’s responsible for generating and fetching the key from the TPM assumes that SHA256 PCRs are used in order to seal/unseal the key, and as such their presence is being checked. The issue here is that the key is not sealed using SHA256 PCRs, but using SHA1 PCRs. This leads to several issues: • Machines that have their SHA256 PCRs enabled but SHA1 PCRs disabled, as well as not sealing their keys at all, meaning the “vault” is not protected from an attacker. • SHA1 is considered insecure and reduces the complexity level required to unseal the key in machines which have their SHA1 PCRs enabled. An attacker can very easily retrieve the contents of the “vault”, which will effectively render the “measured boot” mechanism meaningless.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linuxfoundation:edge_virtualization_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

28 Sep 2023, 06:15

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References
  • {'url': 'https://asrg.io/security-advisories/vault-key-sealed-with-sha1-pcrs/', 'name': 'https://asrg.io/security-advisories/vault-key-sealed-with-sha1-pcrs/', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • (MISC) https://asrg.io/security-advisories/cve-2023-43635/ -

25 Sep 2023, 16:13

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CPE cpe:2.3:o:linuxfoundation:edge_virtualization_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.8
CWE CWE-327
First Time Linuxfoundation edge Virtualization Engine
Linuxfoundation
References (MISC) https://asrg.io/security-advisories/vault-key-sealed-with-sha1-pcrs/ - (MISC) https://asrg.io/security-advisories/vault-key-sealed-with-sha1-pcrs/ - Third Party Advisory

20 Sep 2023, 15:21

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-09-20 15:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 15:14


NVD link : CVE-2023-43635

Mitre link : CVE-2023-43635

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-43635


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Products Affected

linuxfoundation

  • edge_virtualization_engine
CWE
CWE-327

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

CWE-328

Reversible One-Way Hash

CWE-522

Insufficiently Protected Credentials