Race Condition Affecting calamares package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.5% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2104-CALAMARES-1265965
  • published3 Jul 2019
  • disclosed2 Jul 2019

Introduced: 2 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-13178  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:21.04 calamares.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream calamares package and not the calamares package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:21.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

modules/luksbootkeyfile/main.py in Calamares versions 3.1 through 3.2.10 has a race condition between the time when the LUKS encryption keyfile is created and when secure permissions are set.