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RHEL 8 RHSA-2022:0370-03 Moderate: Cryptsetup Encryption Threat

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Calendar Grey February 1, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An important patch for cryptsetup in RHEL 8 addresses potential vulnerabilities in encryption mechanisms with robust remediation strategies.
An update for cryptsetup is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The cryptsetup packages provide a utility for setting up disk encryption using the dm-crypt kernel module.
Security Fix(es):
* cryptsetup: disable encryption via header rewrite (CVE-2021-4122)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Red Hat update encryption cryptsetup

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4122 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
aarch64: cryptsetup-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.aarch64.rpm cryptsetup-debugsource-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.aarch64.rpm cryptsetup-devel-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.aarch64.rpm cryptsetup-libs-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.aarch64.rpm cryptsetup-reencrypt-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.aarch64.rpm integritysetup-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.aarch64.rpm veritysetup-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: cryptsetup-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.ppc64le.rpm cryptsetup-debugsource-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.ppc64le.rpm cryptsetup-devel-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.ppc64le.rpm cryptsetup-libs-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.ppc64le.rpm cryptsetup-reencrypt-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.ppc64le.rpm integritysetup-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.ppc64le.rpm veritysetup-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: cryptsetup-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.s390x.rpm cryptsetup-debugsource-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.s390x.rpm cryptsetup-devel-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.s390x.rpm cryptsetup-libs-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.s390x.rpm cryptsetup-reencrypt-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.s390x.rpm integritysetup-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.s390x.rpm veritysetup-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: cryptsetup-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.i686.rpm cryptsetup-debuginfo-2.3.3-4.el8_5.1.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:0370-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0370
Issue date: 2022-02-01

Topic

An update for cryptsetup is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Red Hat update encryption cryptsetup

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2032401 - CVE-2021-4122 cryptsetup: disable encryption via header rewrite

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