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Medium ALSA-2023:5080 2 CVEs

Moderate: keylime security update

Published Sep 12, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Keylime is a TPM based highly scalable remote boot attestation and runtime integrity measurement solution.

Security Fix(es):

* keylime: registrar is subject to a DoS against SSL connections (CVE-2023-38200)
* Keylime: challenge-response protocol bypass during agent registration (CVE-2023-38201)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 keylime 6.5.2-6.el9_2.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 keylime-base 6.5.2-6.el9_2.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 keylime-registrar 6.5.2-6.el9_2.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 keylime-selinux 6.5.2-6.el9_2.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 keylime-tenant 6.5.2-6.el9_2.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 keylime-verifier 6.5.2-6.el9_2.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 9 python3-keylime 6.5.2-6.el9_2.alma.1

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.5

    Keylime: registrar is subject to a dos against ssl connections

    A flaw was found in Keylime. Due to their blocking nature, the Keylime registrar is subject to a remote denial of service against its SSL connections. This flaw allows an attacker to exhaust all available connections.

  • Medium 6.5

    Keylime: challenge-response protocol bypass during agent registration

    A flaw was found in the Keylime registrar that could allow a bypass of the challenge-response protocol during agent registration. This issue may allow an attacker to impersonate an agent and hide the true status of a monitored machine if the fake agent is add…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38200
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38201
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2222692
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2222693
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-5080.html