Vulnerability · Published Nov 13, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-28638
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the tomb package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
ask_password in Tomb 2.0 through 2.7 returns a warning when pinentry-curses is used and $DISPLAY is non-empty, causing affected users' files to be encrypted with "tomb {W] Detected DISPLAY, but only pinentry-curses is found." as the encryption key.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | tomb | 2.8+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28638 |
| Debian:13 | tomb | 2.8+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28638 |
| Debian:14 | tomb | 2.8+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28638 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/dyne/Tomb/issues/385 x_refsource_MISC