USN-6489-1: Tang vulnerability

20 November 2023

Tang could allow unintended access to secret keys.

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Releases

Packages

  • tang - network-based cryptographic binding server

Details

Brian McDermott discovered that Tang incorrectly handled permissions when
creating/rotating keys. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
read the keys.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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