Vulnerability CVE-2021-3505


Published: 2021-04-19

Description:
A flaw was found in libtpms in versions before 0.8.0. The TPM 2 implementation returns 2048 bit keys with ~1984 bit strength due to a bug in the TCG specification. The bug is in the key creation algorithm in RsaAdjustPrimeCandidate(), which is called before the prime number check. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

Type:

CWE-331

(Insufficient Entropy)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Libtpms project -> Libtpms 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1950046
https://github.com/stefanberger/libtpms/issues/183

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