Upstream information

CVE-2023-1672 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • tang >= 7-8.el8
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2023:7022
SUSE Liberty Linux 9
  • tang >= 14-2.el9
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2023:6492

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jun 15 16:00:27 2023
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:44:16 2025