CVE-2021-4122

Summary

It was found that a specially crafted LUKS header could trick cryptsetup into disabling encryption during the recovery of the device. An attacker with physical access to the medium, such as a flash disk, could use this flaw to force a user into permanently disabling the encryption layer of that medium.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
n/acryptsetupFixed in cryptsetup 2.4.3, cryptsetup 2.3.7affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-345: CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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