MGASA-2024-0171 - Updated tpm2-tss packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 09 May 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0171.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-29040

A flaw was found in the tpm2-tss package, where there was no check that
the magic number in the attest is equal to the
TPM2_GENERATED_VALUE. This flaw allows an attacker to generate arbitrary
quote data, which may not be detected by Fapi_VerifyQuote.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33176
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-29040
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-29040

SRPMS:
- 9/core/tpm2-tss-4.0.2-1.mga9

Mageia 2024-0171: tpm2-tss Security Advisory Updates

A flaw was found in the tpm2-tss package, where there was no check that the magic number in the attest is equal to the TPM2_GENERATED_VALUE

Summary

A flaw was found in the tpm2-tss package, where there was no check that the magic number in the attest is equal to the TPM2_GENERATED_VALUE. This flaw allows an attacker to generate arbitrary quote data, which may not be detected by Fapi_VerifyQuote.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33176

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-29040

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-29040

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0171 - Updated tpm2-tss packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/tpm2-tss-4.0.2-1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 09 May 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0171.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-29040

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