CVE-2021-3446 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Project Libtpms
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 25
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A flaw was found in libtpms in versions before 0.8.2. The commonly used integration of libtpms with OpenSSL contained a vulnerability related to the returned IV (initialization vector) when certain symmetric ciphers were used. Instead of returning the last IV it returned the initial IV to the caller, thus weakening the subsequent encryption and decryption steps. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
Also affects: Fedora 33, Enterprise Linux 8.0