Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 4.3/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | cryptsetup | Fixed in cryptsetup 2.4.3, cryptsetup 2.3.7 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4122Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2031859Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2032401Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/commit/0113ac2d889c5322659ad0596d4cfc6da53e356cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cryptsetup/v2.4/v2.4.3-ReleaseNotesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4122Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2031859Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2032401Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/commit/0113ac2d889c5322659ad0596d4cfc6da53e356cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cryptsetup/v2.4/v2.4.3-ReleaseNotesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 24, 2022
- Last modified
- Oct 14, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified