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Rocky Linux 8 : cryptsetup (RLSA-2022:0370)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185075

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:0370 advisory.

 - 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.
 (CVE-2021-4122)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:0370

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2032401

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185075

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-0370.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4122

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cryptsetup-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:veritysetup, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cryptsetup, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:veritysetup-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cryptsetup-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cryptsetup-reencrypt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cryptsetup-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:integritysetup-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cryptsetup-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:integritysetup, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cryptsetup-reencrypt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cryptsetup-debugsource

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4122