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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:31:47 -0400
From: Michael Gilbert <mgilbert@...ian.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Re: CVE request(?): gpg: improper file permssions
set when en/de-crypting files
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Tomas Mraz wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-09-21 at 12:20 +0200, Matthias Weckbecker wrote:
>> Hello Steve, Kurt, Vitezslav, Tomas, vendors,
>>
>> we have recently been notified about a potential issue with gpg: When files
>> are en/de-crypted the result is written world-readable by default.
>> Short example (quote from [1]):
>>
>> # de-crypting
>> % gpg sikrit.gpg
>> % ll sikrit*
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 gp users 12 Sep 17 09:41 sikrit
>> -rw------- 1 gp users 480 Sep 17 09:40 sikrit.gpg
>> # en-crypting
>> % echo "my password" > sikrit
>> % chmod go= sikrit
>> % ll sikrit
>> -rw------- 1 gp users 12 Sep 17 09:38 sikrit
>> % gpg -e -r pfeifer sikrit
>> % wipe sikrit
>> % ll sikrit.gpg
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 gp users 480 Sep 17 09:40 sikrit.gpg
>>
>> [1] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780943
>>
>> Wouldn't one usually expect files that were previously encrypted to contain
>> sensitive content (that's probably why content is encrypted at all)? And if
>> so, shouldn't such files be only readable by certain users / group of users
>> by default? Otherwise, a file that is e.g. decrypted in /tmp might leak due
>> to the file permissions being too loose.
>>
>> I'm not quite sure whether to assign a CVE for this, so I thought I'd just
>> add a question mark behind the subject and let the list (and Kurt) decide.
>
> I suppose the permissions respect the user's umask so I do not think
> this is a real security issue in the gpg itself. Although using the
> permissions of the original file when creating the decrypted/encrypted
> one (still modified with the user's umask) would be more appropriate. So
> in my opinion this does not warrant a CVE but improvement in the
> upstream gnupg code would be appreciated I think.
Any security weakness can qualify for the E in CVE. Really the point
of CVE is increasing awareness. So whether any issue is a very minor
E is really immaterial, but lets give it a number so those who
actually care can become aware and take action.
Best wishes,
Mike
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