CVE-2023-1672

A 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.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1672	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2180999	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/latchset/tang/commit/8dbbed10870378f1b2c3cf3df2ea7edca7617096	Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00004.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/15/1	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:tang_project:tang:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-07-11 12:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-1672

Mitre link : CVE-2023-1672

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-1672

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

fedoraproject

fedora

tang_project

tang

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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