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.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7022 advisory.

    [7-8]
    - Set correct user/group (tang/tang) in tangd-keygen       Resolves: rhbz#2188743

    [7-7]
    - Fix race condition when creating/rotating keys       Resolves: rhbz#2182410       Resolves: CVE-2023-1672

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6489-1 advisory.

    Brian McDermott discovered that Tang incorrectly handled permissions when creating/rotating keys. A local     attacker could possibly use this issue to read the keys.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6492 advisory.

    [14-2]
    - Fix service start up

    [14-1]
    - New upstream release - v14.
      Resolves: rhbz#2182411       Resolves: CVE-2023-1672

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7022 advisory.

    Tang is a server for binding data to network presence. It includes a daemon which provides cryptographic     operations for binding to a remote service. The tang package provides the server side of the Network Bound     Disk Encryption (NBDE) project.

    Security Fix(es):

    * tang: Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality (CVE-2023-1672)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2023:7022 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2023-1672)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3648 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2023-1672)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6492 advisory.

    Tang is a server for binding data to network presence. It includes a daemon which provides cryptographic     operations for binding to a remote service. The tang package provides the server side of the Network Bound     Disk Encryption (NBDE) project.

    Security Fix(es):

    * tang: Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality (CVE-2023-1672)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-3e84bba241 advisory.

    Fixes CVE-2023-1672


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-eb9bec6e8c advisory.

    Fixes CVE-2023-1672




Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
195682	RHEL 7 : tang (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
186104	Oracle Linux 8 : tang (ELSA-2023-7022)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
186014	Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Tang vulnerability (USN-6489-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
185866	Oracle Linux 9 : tang (ELSA-2023-6492)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
185694	RHEL 8 : tang (RHSA-2023:7022)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
185623	CentOS 8 : tang (CESA-2023:7022)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
185343	Debian DLA-3648-1 : tang - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
185126	RHEL 9 : tang (RHSA-2023:6492)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
177543	Fedora 38 : tang (2023-3e84bba241)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
177542	Fedora 37 : tang (2023-eb9bec6e8c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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