Vault Key Sealed With SHA1 PCRs The measured boot solution implemented in EVE OS leans on a PCR locking mechanism. Different parts of the system update different PCR values in the TPM, resulting in a unique value for each PCR entry. These PCRs are then used in order to seal/unseal a key from the TPM which is used to encrypt/decrypt the “vault” directory. This “vault” directory is the most sensitive point in the system and as such, its content should be protected. This mechanism is noted in Zededa’s documentation as the “measured boot” mechanism, designed to protect said “vault”. The code that’s responsible for generating and fetching the key from the TPM assumes that SHA256 PCRs are used in order to seal/unseal the key, and as such their presence is being checked. The issue here is that the key is not sealed using SHA256 PCRs, but using SHA1 PCRs. This leads to several issues: • Machines that have their SHA256 PCRs enabled but SHA1 PCRs disabled, as well as not sealing their keys at all, meaning the “vault” is not protected from an attacker. • SHA1 is considered insecure and reduces the complexity level required to unseal the key in machines which have their SHA1 PCRs enabled. An attacker can very easily retrieve the contents of the “vault”, which will effectively render the “measured boot” mechanism meaningless.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ASRG

Published: 2023-09-20T14:58:07.687Z

Updated: 2024-09-25T14:37:39.566Z

Reserved: 2023-09-20T14:34:14.874Z

Link: CVE-2023-43635

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:44:43.776Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-20T15:15:11.987

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:24:30.877

Link: CVE-2023-43635

cve-icon Redhat

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