Medium · published August 24, 2022
It was found that a specially crafted LUKS header could trick cryptsetup into disabling encryption during the recovery of the device. An attacker with physical access to the medium, such as a flash disk, could use this flaw to force a user into permanently disabling the encryption layer of that medium.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| cryptsetup_project/cryptsetup | < 2.3.7 | 2.3.7 |
| cryptsetup_project/cryptsetup | ≥ 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 | 2.4.3 |