[Bug 1928860] Re: Recovery key is low-entropy
Brian Murray
1928860 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu May 27 15:16:20 UTC 2021
** Tags removed: rls-ii-incoming
** Tags added: rls-ii-notfixing
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Title:
Recovery key is low-entropy
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Ubuntu 21.04 Desktop ISO includes Ubiquity installer which offers the
user to set up full-disk encryption. In this set-up a recovery key is
automatically generated and added to the system.
The recovery key is 16 decimal digits or ~53.2 bits of entropy so
within capabilities of offline brute-force attacks for well-resourced
attackers.
To confirm, the key is generated here:
https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/tree/ubiquity/plugins
/ubi-partman.py#n306 and used here:
https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/tree/scripts/plugininstall.py#n915
(see also the attached screenshot).
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