Vulnerability in Tang Project
CVE-2023-1672
A race condition exists in the Tang server functionality for key generation and key rotation. This flaw results in a small time window where Tang private keys become readable by other processes on the same host.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.006 (43.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Tang_project Tang
- Fedora
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 38
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- N/a Tang
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-1672?
- CVE-2023-1672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tang Project, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-07-11.
- How severe is CVE-2023-1672?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.