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Red Hat: CVE-2023-1672: tang: Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-1672: tang: Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/11/2023
Created
11/09/2023
Added
11/08/2023
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-tang
  • redhat-upgrade-tang-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-tang-debugsource

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