Race Condition Affecting tang package, versions <0:14-2.el9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-TANG-5711235
  • published16 Jun 2023
  • disclosed7 Jun 2023

Introduced: 7 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-1672  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 tang to version 0:14-2.el9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tang package and not the tang package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1