Information Exposure Affecting keylime package, versions [,6.3.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-KEYLIME-3029909
  • published22 Sept 2022
  • disclosed22 Sept 2022
  • creditMatthias Gerstner

Introduced: 22 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-23952  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade keylime to version 6.3.1 or higher.

Overview

keylime is a TPM-based key bootstrapping and system integrity measurement system for cloud

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure via the installer that installs the keylime.conf file, which can contain sensitive data, as world-readable.

Workaround

If upgrading to a fixed version is not possible, run a chmod 600 command against the file to restrict it's readability.

CVSS Scores

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