Summary
Tang is a server for binding data to network presence. It includes a daemon which provides cryptographic operations for binding to a remote service. The tang package provides the server side of the Network Bound Disk Encryption (NBDE) project.
Security Fix(es):
* tang: Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality (CVE-2023-1672)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | tang | 14-2.el9 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 5.3
Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality
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.