title: Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality
description: A race condition exists in the Tang server functionality for key generation and key rotation. This flaw results in a small time window where Tang private keys become readable by other processes on the same host.
problem types: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
affected:
{
product: tang
vendor: n/a
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: tang
defaultStatus: unknown
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: tang
defaultStatus: affected
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: tang
defaultStatus: affected
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
}
{
product: Fedora
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: tang
defaultStatus: affected
}
metrics:
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content: {'value': 'Moderate', 'namespace': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/'}
type: Red Hat severity rating
]