libtpms — security advisory
A flaw was found in libtpms in versions before 0.8.2. The commonly used integration of libtpms with OpenSSL contained a vulnerability related to the returned IV (initialization vector) when certain symmetric ciphers were used. Instead of returning the last IV it returned the initial IV to the caller, thus weakening the subsequent encryption and decryption steps. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
- Products
- libtpms
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.8.2-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-3446
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:43 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in libtpms in versions before 0.8.2. The commonly used integration of libtpms with OpenSSL contained a vulnerability related to the returned IV (initialization vector) when certain symmetric ciphers were used. Instead of returning the last IV it returned the initial IV to the caller, thus weakening the subsequent encryption and decryption steps. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3446
libtpms
Fixed versions: 0.8.2-1
libtpms
Fixed versions: 0.8.2-1
libtpms
Fixed versions: 0.8.2-1
Complete source record
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