CVE-2020-28638

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-28638

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-11-13T21:15:12

Last Modified Date
2020-12-02T15:00:33

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-287	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:dyne:tomb::::::::	1	OR	2.0	2.7

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
7.5

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.8

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/dyne/Tomb/issues/385	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28638
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-28638

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:31:41				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 16:49:38	2020-11-13T21:15Z	2020-11-13T21:15:12	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 16:49:38		2020-12-02T15:00:33	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 16:49:38		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated