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7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2019-13179
Calamares LUKS Keyfile Disclosure
Description

Calamares versions 3.1 through 3.2.10 copies a LUKS encryption keyfile from /crypto_keyfile.bin (mode 0600 owned by root) to /boot within a globally readable initramfs image with insecure permissions, which allows this originally protected file to be read by any user, thereby disclosing decryption keys for LUKS containers created with Full Disk Encryption.

INFO

Published Date :

July 2, 2019, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:24 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-13179 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Calamares calamares
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
No solution is available for this vulnerability at this time.
  • Monitor vendor for available patches.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-13179.

URL Resource
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835095 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835096 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1726542 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://calamares.io/calamares-3.2.11-is-out/ Vendor Advisory
https://calamares.io/calamares-cve-2019/ Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1191 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q57BOTBA2J5U4GVKUP7N2PD5H7B3BVUU/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2ZDQRGBGRVRW5LPJWKUNS3M66LZ3KYC/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835095 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835096 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1726542 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://calamares.io/calamares-3.2.11-is-out/ Vendor Advisory
https://calamares.io/calamares-cve-2019/ Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1191 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q57BOTBA2J5U4GVKUP7N2PD5H7B3BVUU/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2ZDQRGBGRVRW5LPJWKUNS3M66LZ3KYC/
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-13179 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-13179 weaknesses.

CAPEC-50: Password Recovery Exploitation Password Recovery Exploitation CAPEC-102: Session Sidejacking Session Sidejacking CAPEC-474: Signature Spoofing by Key Theft Signature Spoofing by Key Theft CAPEC-509: Kerberoasting Kerberoasting CAPEC-551: Modify Existing Service Modify Existing Service CAPEC-555: Remote Services with Stolen Credentials Remote Services with Stolen Credentials CAPEC-560: Use of Known Domain Credentials Use of Known Domain Credentials CAPEC-561: Windows Admin Shares with Stolen Credentials Windows Admin Shares with Stolen Credentials CAPEC-600: Credential Stuffing Credential Stuffing CAPEC-644: Use of Captured Hashes (Pass The Hash) Use of Captured Hashes (Pass The Hash) CAPEC-645: Use of Captured Tickets (Pass The Ticket) Use of Captured Tickets (Pass The Ticket) CAPEC-652: Use of Known Kerberos Credentials Use of Known Kerberos Credentials CAPEC-653: Use of Known Operating System Credentials Use of Known Operating System Credentials

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-13179 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-13179 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835095
    Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835096
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1726542
    Added Reference https://calamares.io/calamares-3.2.11-is-out/
    Added Reference https://calamares.io/calamares-cve-2019/
    Added Reference https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1191
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q57BOTBA2J5U4GVKUP7N2PD5H7B3BVUU/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2ZDQRGBGRVRW5LPJWKUNS3M66LZ3KYC/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q57BOTBA2J5U4GVKUP7N2PD5H7B3BVUU/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2ZDQRGBGRVRW5LPJWKUNS3M66LZ3KYC/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Q57BOTBA2J5U4GVKUP7N2PD5H7B3BVUU/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R2ZDQRGBGRVRW5LPJWKUNS3M66LZ3KYC/
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-275 CWE-522
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R2ZDQRGBGRVRW5LPJWKUNS3M66LZ3KYC/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Q57BOTBA2J5U4GVKUP7N2PD5H7B3BVUU/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835095 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835095 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835096 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835096 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1726542 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1726542 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://calamares.io/calamares-3.2.11-is-out/ No Types Assigned https://calamares.io/calamares-3.2.11-is-out/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://calamares.io/calamares-cve-2019/ No Types Assigned https://calamares.io/calamares-cve-2019/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1191 No Types Assigned https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1191 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-275
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:calamares:calamares:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.2.10
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://calamares.io/calamares-cve-2019/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://calamares.io/calamares-3.2.11-is-out/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1726542 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Calamares through 3.2.4 copies a LUKS encryption keyfile from /crypto_keyfile.bin (mode 0600 owned by root) to /boot within a globally readable initramfs image with insecure permissions, which allows this originally protected file to be read by any user, thereby disclosing decryption keys for LUKS containers created with Full Disk Encryption. Calamares versions 3.1 through 3.2.10 copies a LUKS encryption keyfile from /crypto_keyfile.bin (mode 0600 owned by root) to /boot within a globally readable initramfs image with insecure permissions, which allows this originally protected file to be read by any user, thereby disclosing decryption keys for LUKS containers created with Full Disk Encryption.
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.85 }} 0.44%

score

0.74151

percentile