VDB
ALPINE-CVE-2021-4122
ALPINE-CVE-2021-4122
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.300000190734863 MEDIUM
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
4.300000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | cryptsetup | 2.3.2-r0, 2.3.3-r0, 2.3.4-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | cryptsetup | 2.0.0-r1, 1.6.2-r1, 1.6.3-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | cryptsetup | 1.5.1-r0, 1.6.0-r0, 1.6.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | cryptsetup | 2.3.4-r0, 2.2.2-r0, 1.6.6-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | cryptsetup | 1.1.2-r0, 1.6.2-r1, 1.3.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | cryptsetup | 2.0.1-r1, 2.0.1-r0, 2.0.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | cryptsetup | 1.7.1-r0, 0, 1.0.7-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | cryptsetup | 0, 2.3.1-r1, 2.3.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | cryptsetup | 1.1.0-r0, 1.1.2-r0, 1.1.3-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | cryptsetup | 1.6.6-r3, 0, 1.0.7-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | cryptsetup | 0, 1.0.7-r0, 1.0.7-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | cryptsetup | 0, 1.0.7-r1, 1.1.0-r0 |
Timeline
- Aug 24, 2022 CVE Published
- Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch