ubuntu-cve-2019-13178
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-07-02 23:15
Modified
2025-10-24 04:47
Summary
Details

modules/luksbootkeyfile/main.py in Calamares versions 3.1 through 3.2.10 has a race condition between the time when the LUKS encryption keyfile is created and when secure permissions are set.

Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "calamares",
            "binary_version": "3.1.12-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "calamares",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/calamares@3.1.12-1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.1.7-1",
        "3.1.7-2",
        "3.1.8-0ubuntu1",
        "3.1.8-1",
        "3.1.9-1",
        "3.1.10-1",
        "3.1.12-0ubuntu1",
        "3.1.12-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "calamares",
            "binary_version": "3.2.20-0ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "calamares",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/calamares@3.2.20-0ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.2.14-0ubuntu2",
        "3.2.14-0ubuntu3",
        "3.2.17.1-0ubuntu1",
        "3.2.17.1-0ubuntu2",
        "3.2.17.1-0ubuntu4",
        "3.2.17.1-0ubuntu5",
        "3.2.18-0ubuntu1",
        "3.2.19-0ubuntu1",
        "3.2.19.1-0ubuntu1",
        "3.2.20-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "calamares",
            "binary_version": "3.2.61-0ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "calamares",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/calamares@3.2.61-0ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.2.41.1-0ubuntu1",
        "3.2.41.1-0ubuntu2",
        "3.2.41.1-0ubuntu3",
        "3.2.41.1-0ubuntu4",
        "3.2.60-0ubuntu0.1",
        "3.2.61-0ubuntu0.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "modules/luksbootkeyfile/main.py in Calamares versions 3.1 through 3.2.10 has a race condition between the time when the LUKS encryption keyfile is created and when secure permissions are set.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13178",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:47:42Z",
  "published": "2019-07-02T23:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13178"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://calamares.io/calamares-cve-2019/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://calamares.io/calamares-3.2.11-is-out/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13178"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-13178"
  ]
}



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