CVE-2019-13178
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-07-02 22:43Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 23:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-07-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 10c69e5d7848d74c273abd6ad4936e3dda73ce170118d1bdedc158677cf5562e
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1190
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835096
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835095
- www.pavelkogan.comhttps://www.pavelkogan.com/2014/05/23/luks-full-disk-encryption/
- www.pavelkogan.comhttps://www.pavelkogan.com/2015/01/25/linux-mint-encryption/
- github.comhttps://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1191
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1726565
- calamares.iohttps://calamares.io/calamares-3.2.11-is-out/
- calamares.iohttps://calamares.io/calamares-cve-2019/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-50ee491d76https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q57BOTBA2J5U4GVKUP7N2PD5H7B3BVUU/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-e61a85c2bbhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2ZDQRGBGRVRW5LPJWKUNS3M66LZ3KYC/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2628http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00017.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2654http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00021.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2655http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00020.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- calamares Fixed in 3.2.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- calamares Fixed in 3.2.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- calamares Fixed in 3.2.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- calamares No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- calamares No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- calamares No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.