VDB-202450 · CVE-2022-1665 · GCVE-0-2022-1665

Red Hat Enterprise Linux on PowerPC Kernel hard-coded key

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as very critical has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux on PowerPC. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Kernel. Executing a manipulation can lead to hard-coded key. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2022-1665. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux on PowerPC (Operating System) (the affected version unknown) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded key vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-321. The use of a hard-coded cryptographic key significantly increases the possibility that encrypted data may be recovered. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A set of pre-production kernel packages of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM Power architecture can be booted by the grub in Secure Boot mode even though it shouldn't. These kernel builds don't have the secure boot lockdown patches applied to it and can bypass the secure boot validations, allowing the attacker to load another non-trusted code.

The weakness was published 06/22/2022 by Red Hat. The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-1665 since 05/10/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/22/2022). This vulnerability is assigned to T1600.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Red Hat

Name

Enterprise Linux

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded key
CWE: CWE-321 / CWE-320
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/10/2022 🔍
06/22/2022 +43 days 🔍
06/22/2022 +0 days 🔍
06/22/2022 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Researcher: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-1665 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-1665
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-202450

Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2022 07:09
Changes: 06/22/2022 07:09 (39)
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