CVE-2021-4122

Published Aug 24, 2022

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
0.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-345
secalert@redhat.com
CWE-345

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

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